Purpose, Meaning, and Reason for Life
These are all things we desire and search for in life. Despite steps each one of us takes to find purpose and meaning in life we still feel empty and unfulfilled. This is because there’s a spiritual emptiness in each of us. We each have a hole in our heart, a spiritual vacuum deep within our soul - a God-shaped blank.
Possessions alone won’t fill this hole, nor will success. Relationships alone cannot satisfy this emptiness, and morality, in and of itself falls miserably short of occupying this space. In fact, even religion cannot fill this void in our heart.
There is only one way to effectively fill that void. This way will not only help us to have a life that is full and rich on this earth, but more importantly, it will give us the absolute hope of spending eternity in the presence of God.
Before we can truly appreciate this good news, though, we need to understand the bad news, which is a serious problem we all have.
The problem: Sin. The Bible clearly identifies our serious problem as sin. Sin is not just an act but the actual nature of our being. In other words, we are not sinners because we sin, rather we sin because we are all sinners!
We are born with a nature to do wrong. King David, an old testament Israelite ruler, wrote, “For I was born a sinner-yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.” Psalms 51:5.
Because we are born sinners, sinning comes to us all naturally. That is why it is futile to think that the answer to all of our life’s problems comes from “within.”
According to the Bible, the problem is within! Scripture tells us, “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?“ Jeremiah 17:9.
We are not basically good-we are basically sinful. The sinfulness spills out into everything we do. Every problem we experience in our society can be traced back to our refusal to live God‘s way. Clear back to the Garden of Eden, Adam made his choice, and he suffered the consequences of it, setting the pattern that all humanity would follow. The Bible explains, “When Adam sinned, sin entered the entire world. Adam's sin brought death, so death spread to everyone for everyone sinned, yes Adam’s one sin brings condemnation to everyone.
You may say, "That’s not fair!" You may protest, "Why should we suffer because of what someone else has done?" Yet, each one of us would’ve done the same thing as Adam. In fact, not a single day passes that we do not face the same test that was set before Adam. God has given us the freedom to choose between two separate paths: the path that leads to life, and the path that leads to death. The Bible says, “Today, I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants may live!” Deuteronomy 30:19
God understands our one problem, a sinful nature, that we can do nothing about. Because God loves us he sent his only Son, Jesus Christ, to bridge the chasm of sin that separates us from the Father.
Read your Bibles to learn more.
Let us pray ---
Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth,
As it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
The power, and the glory,
For ever and ever.
Amen Jesus! Amen. Amen.
Possessions alone won’t fill this hole, nor will success. Relationships alone cannot satisfy this emptiness, and morality, in and of itself falls miserably short of occupying this space. In fact, even religion cannot fill this void in our heart.
There is only one way to effectively fill that void. This way will not only help us to have a life that is full and rich on this earth, but more importantly, it will give us the absolute hope of spending eternity in the presence of God.
Before we can truly appreciate this good news, though, we need to understand the bad news, which is a serious problem we all have.
The problem: Sin. The Bible clearly identifies our serious problem as sin. Sin is not just an act but the actual nature of our being. In other words, we are not sinners because we sin, rather we sin because we are all sinners!
We are born with a nature to do wrong. King David, an old testament Israelite ruler, wrote, “For I was born a sinner-yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.” Psalms 51:5.
Because we are born sinners, sinning comes to us all naturally. That is why it is futile to think that the answer to all of our life’s problems comes from “within.”
According to the Bible, the problem is within! Scripture tells us, “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?“ Jeremiah 17:9.
We are not basically good-we are basically sinful. The sinfulness spills out into everything we do. Every problem we experience in our society can be traced back to our refusal to live God‘s way. Clear back to the Garden of Eden, Adam made his choice, and he suffered the consequences of it, setting the pattern that all humanity would follow. The Bible explains, “When Adam sinned, sin entered the entire world. Adam's sin brought death, so death spread to everyone for everyone sinned, yes Adam’s one sin brings condemnation to everyone.
You may say, "That’s not fair!" You may protest, "Why should we suffer because of what someone else has done?" Yet, each one of us would’ve done the same thing as Adam. In fact, not a single day passes that we do not face the same test that was set before Adam. God has given us the freedom to choose between two separate paths: the path that leads to life, and the path that leads to death. The Bible says, “Today, I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants may live!” Deuteronomy 30:19
God understands our one problem, a sinful nature, that we can do nothing about. Because God loves us he sent his only Son, Jesus Christ, to bridge the chasm of sin that separates us from the Father.
Read your Bibles to learn more.
Let us pray ---
Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth,
As it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
The power, and the glory,
For ever and ever.
Amen Jesus! Amen. Amen.
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