Purpose

Have you ever asked yourself that one big question – why am I here?  I don’t mean the question that everyone over 60 asks whenever they go into another room, for half the time that question never finds an answer.  I mean here, this world, now, in this life.  Why am I here?  Do you have your answer ready?

One of the great songs that God wrote gives us the answer.  Yes, God wrote songs.  Every word of the Bible is given by inspiration and that means that the songs we find in the Bible are given by God.  God is a great hymn writer.  In Revelation 4:11 He wrote, “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; for You have created all things and by your will they exist and were created.”  There is a song worth remembering.  We will hear it every day in heaven. 

Why are we here?  We are here because God wills us to be here in this time in this place.  He wills us to be here to the praise of His glory.  (Ephesians 1)  We are not in this place or time by mistake.  The eternally great and wise God put us here for His purpose and He did it at the right time.  I don’t belong a century ago or a century from now.  I cannot go back and should not long to do so.  I will not go forward and come back as another person in a future generation.  God put me and you here now by the purpose of His will. 

So, what are we here for in 2017?  If you have never believed in Jesus Christ as God’s Son and Savior, then you are here to believe.  It is not God’s will that any should perish.  (II Peter 3)  If we have believed in Christ as God’s Son and Savior, then His will for you and me this year is to live to the praise of His glory.  Paul wrote the Ephesians and said, “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”  He didn’t prepare them for us to do a hundred years ago or a hundred years from now.  He prepared them for us to do today when we are here for the praise of His glory. 

In 2017 let us all remember that we were created by His will and that we are born again to live as His workmanship unto good works prepared just for us to do. “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”

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