The Point part 5
What's the point? What's this life for? Why are we here and what are supposed to do since we are here? Well... it's pretty simple: Be loved and love each other. That's the point. That's why we were created. God IS love. So when God created the universe... love created the universe. And the only reason love does anything is so that it can manifest itself. Because love is an adjective. It's a action-word. Charity is love in action, and that's what Paul spent most of his time writing letters about. Charity. Doing things for others. Esteeming others higher than yourself. Not trying to get something, but realizing you already have it all, and sharing what you've got. I'm telling you... if you "win" the rat race, all that means is that you are the king rat. And that's not really a goal worth pursing. Better to rule and reign on this earth even as the King of kings rules and reigns in and through and as you. Better to experience the Kingdom of God--righteousness, peace, and joy found in the Holy Ghost--that you ARE than to try to get somewhere that you're not. I always go to this passage of Scripture, but its really one of my favorites, and it's really the point of all of this: "That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God" (Ephesians 3:16-19). This life is not about earning love. It's about exploring the love that was freely given to us. It's know about figuring things out. It's about letting God reveal Himself to us and in us and as us and through us. It's not about getting anything. It's about comprehending what we have. It's a life long journey into the heart of the matter. And the heart of the matter is the heart. GOD'S heart beating with love in our chests. That's what the Holy Spirit is all about--He leads and guides us into all truth. He strengthens us in the inner man. The true man. The New Man. The hidden man of the heart. See, when you're rooted and grounded in love--when you know what the point is--then you can build and grow from there. Then you can focus on the real... the deep... the height and length and depth and breadth of His love. And the best way to explore that love... is by using it. By loving others. That's HOW we love God. We love one another. That's how we know we've passed from death into life. We love one another. And that's the point. We ARE loved, so we CAN love. We ARE loved... so we are LOVE. Just like love isn't just what God does, it's who He is... in the same manner it's not just what WE do... it's who we ARE. It's our nature. Love is what it means to truly be human. To truly be alive. And that's what it's all about. That's why we were created. To be loved, and to love one another with that same love. Not just in word, but in deed. Not just an idea, but an action. We are God's love letter to the world. We are how God (love) expresses Himself in this dimension! We are loved, and we are love!