Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Our Purpose — Part 1

When I was a young person, I often thought how wonderful it would be if the Lord took us directly home to Heaven. There would be no school, no problems, no responsibility, and nothing to worry about. However, it doesn’t work that way. We are left here in this world for a reason, and, as believers, our purpose in life should be fourfold:

1. To live for the glory of God:

The Lord as the perfect example could say at the end of His pathway, “I have glorified Thee on the earth” (John 17:4).

We are exhorted, “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31).

2. To do the will of God:

The Lord as the perfect example affirmed: “I came down from Heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me” (John 6:38).

For us, we are to be “doing the will of God from the heart” (Ephesians 6:6). “That ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God” (Romans 12:2).