Answering Life’s Toughest Questions, part 1
King Solomon, in Ecclesiastes 7:24, asked, “How can anyone discover what life means?” That’s exactly what all of us have been asking and searching – the point of life.
It is very important to understand what life really means. If we don’t, life seems useless. Life goes in circles, a rat race. Life will also become tiresome – we won’t be able to see our accomplishments and enjoy those. Life will be unfulfilling – we will never be satisfied. Life will seem insignificant and uncontrollable.
So what is the point of life? The Bible gave us the ultimate answer to this question. “Long ago, even before he made the world, God chose us to be his very own through what Christ would do for us … with his love. His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into his own family by sending Jesus Christ to die for us. And he did this because he wanted to!” Eph. 1:4-5 (LB)
We are created to be loved by God. We are the object of his affection. He rejoices when his creatures accepts his love and is adopted to his family.
“And this was his purpose; that when the time is right he will gather us all together… to be with him in Christ forever!” Eph. 1:10 (LB)
Because God’s purpose is for us to be with Christ forever, life here on earth is just a preparation for eternity. If we will focus our attention to eternity rather than the temporal things, our life will have meaning.
How do we prepare for eternity?
Get to know God. Our everyday lives are filled with expressions of God’s love towards us. Unfortunately, we do not recognize him because we do not know him. As we start a relationship with Him, we will know him little by little and enjoy his goodness.
Become like Christ. It is God’s desire for us to grow in character. Becoming like the character of Christ is a process. We shall prepare for eternity by looking to Christ and emulating his ways.
Practice serving. In eternity, God will allow us to do the things we love the most. While waiting for that, we should exercise by serving our fellow men with the ways and things we love the most.
Share God’s purposes to other people. As we enjoy the new found purpose in life, let us make it a habit to make God – the purpose giver – known to our family and friends.
At Grace Place, we are committed to helping you prepare for eternity so when you get to the final exam you’ll know the right answers.