…. life had a purpose?
Have you ever asked the question: “What’s the purpose in life?” Is life simply a meaningless succession of days leading from birth to marriage and children and eventually to death? Some people believe that’s the case, and say that you have to make your own meaning out of what otherwise be a pointless existence. Yet if life ends in pointless annihilation what’s the point of it all? One man was different. Standing on trial before the highest authority in the land, He said this: “For this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.” (John 18: 37) Those who choose to listen to what He has to say also discover their own purpose in life: “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (Eph 2: 9) As Augustine remarked: ”You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in You.” Try to answer these questions for yourself: 1. Where did I come from? 2. What is the meaning of my life? 3. Is there a right way to live? 4. What is my ultimate destiny?