Purpose part 3
The purpose of life... is to live. With the understanding that to live is to love and to love is to live. The purpose of life... is to love! That's why all things work together for good for those who are called according to His purpose--when you're walking (living) in love... love never fails. And yesterday we looked at how we are ALL called according to His purpose. The God who is love only HAS one purpose: love. What else could it be? We were created to be loved and to love one another. That's our purpose. That's why the Creator created us. He wanted to express Himself. Express His love. To us. And in us. And through us. And as us. We were created to know and be known. To love and be loved. That's our purpose, as plain and simple as I can make it. Look at Ephesians 1:11, "In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will." That inheritance, by the way, is the gift of God. Eternal life. Knowing the one true God and the One whom He sent. Knowing God as heavenly Father and knowing ourselves as His beloved Son in whom He is well pleased. That gift of God given from Father to Son. According to His purpose. Which, again, is love. God's purpose is love. Our purpose is love. And the inheritance, the gift, that He gave us... is the power TO love. Freedom. Liberty. Freedom FROM the bondage of sin (unbelief) and freedom TO love. Freedom from bondage. Freedom to live. And speaking of His own will, I always go back to Jeremiah 29:11, "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end." His will, His thoughts, His purpose... is peace. Not evil. Forgiveness. Mercy. Grace. Love. Those are God's thoughts. And we know that because those are God's Words. Jesus. Love. I'm telling you, its all about love. Knowing and believing that God loves you, and loving Him back by loving each other with that same love. God's purpose is our purpose. One singular purpose. Love. So if you're searing for your purpose in life... I always say it like this, "When you don't know what to do, do what you know." You can always love people. You can always give what you've got. And when you're giving it all you've got... you'll be ok. When you're walking (again, living) in love, you'll see how all things work together for good. You'll see those silver linings. You'll be able to live a, what's that famous phrase? Purpose driven life. You'll be able to walk in your purpose. And you won't always be searching for something you've already got. You won't be robbing yourself of experiencing what you've already got. You'll be able to enjoy what you've already got. You'll be able to enjoy the gift you've been given. By sharing it. By giving it away. Because that's what love is--love is giving. Your purpose is to take what God has given you, and receive it and release it. Give what you've got. Give who you are. Lay your life down for your friends. A life of service to others is the best life you can live. Because it is a life that means something. Not just to you, but to everybody else!