The Meaning of Life
“You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created all things, and they exist because you created what you pleased.”
Revelation 4:11 New Living Translation
What do you think? Why are we here? Do we have a purpose for being alive?
I have had lots of ideas in regards to my purpose, to the reason I am alive. I thought I was an accident of my parents (and of God’s will, if that were possible). Physical and emotional pain have such a strong grasp upon me that at times, I have considered the idea that I was placed here to suffer. Maybe I am here so that I could bring Erica (my daughter) into existence because she will touch someone else’s life for the next generation? My wife says I am here because she asked God for me.
Why do you think you are here?
In this verse, God says we are created for his pleasure. In other words, we are here to be the objects of his love. Or, as C.S. Lewis puts it, “We were made… that we may become objects in which the Divine love may rest… well pleased”.
Imagine it, me, being the object of affection for God. Imagine it, you, being created for the express purpose of being an object of God’s unfailing love…? I like the sound of that.
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