John 1:4
“In Him was life.”
Where have you been looking for purpose, meaning and satisfaction to life? In:
- reaching your professional goals?
- raising the most well-rounded, obedient, mannerly, educated children?
- wearing the trendiest fashion?
- joining the most coveted club?
- being the envy of your friends?
- your bank account? your home? your toys?
- in a night club?
- _________________ (You fill in the blank)
The world tells us the pursuit of the above list, will bring satisfaction, joy, meaning and purpose.
At one point or another in my life, I attained much of the above list. Allow me to share phrases that described the feeling once accomplished: “Is this it?” Emptiness; it wasn’t enough – I needed more because the God sized hole in my being was trying to be filled with something other than what was originally intended. The above list is not a bad thing – but if it’s your chief thing – your only thing…You’ve strayed off course.
At our funerals and beyond, will the above list matter?
Let’s look to Scripture…
“But man,despite his riches, does not endure;
he is like the beasts that perish.
Do not be overawed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases;
for he will take nothing with him when he dies, his splendor will not descend with him.
Though while he lived he counted himself blessed – and men praise you when you prosper – (Isn’t that the truth. People want to be your friend when you’ve got money.)
he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of life.
A man who has riches without understanding (Understanding: Jesus)
is like the beasts that perish.”
Psalm 49:12,16-20 NIV
What are you chasing after? The Bible says life has meaning and purpose in Jesus. In Him, you and I will find life. (Abundant, meaningful and purposeful.) Apart from Him – everything is dead. The Message translation says,
“It wasn’t long ago that you were mired in that old stagnant life of sin.
You let the world, which doesn’t know the first thing about living, tell you how to live. You filled your lungs with polluted unbelief, and then exhaled disobedience. We all did it, all of us.
Instead immense in mercy and with an incredible love, He embraced us. He took our sin-dead lives and made us alive in Christ!”
Ephesians 2:1-5 italics mine
Oh girl, come alive! If you’ve lost your focus, repent – turn the other way – and run back to Jesus – spending time developing a meaningful relationship with Him.
THIS IS WHY HE’S SHAKING THE PLANET with storms, tsunami’s, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, fires, foreclosures, bankruptcies. THIS IS NOT A COSMIC ACCIDENT! Don’t resist Him.
Allow what may be a horrible period of time for you and your family, to become the most meaningful period of time in your life time – because you’ve resolved to find the meaning of life: Jesus. Because in Him, is life.
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