The Answer Is...

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him In love He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and insight He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will, to the end that we who were the first to hope in Christ would be to the praise of His glory.”
Eph. 1:3-12

“Why am I here?” “What is the meaning and purpose of life?” Every thinking person at some time in their life seeks to find a satisfying answer to these question which ceaselessly move upon the soul. These are universal questions. They touch all our lives - regardless of nationality, race, sex, or social status. According to the writings of men and women down through history, these have been questions with which humanity has been destined to grapple.

Outside of Jesus Christ, these questions find no significant and fulfilling answer. For the Christian there is even a further question which each must answer: “Am I trying to fit God into the shape of my life? Or am I attempting to fit my life into His great plan and purpose?” Either my viewpoint stems from a great “me” at the center of things with a small god, or there is a great God with a yielded and available instrument to do His good pleasure.

Don’t be afraid to respond to these basic, foundational questions which surface. The mind and the soul will know no rest until you have settled these root issues. Don’t be ashamed to ask that initial, almost unmentionable question: “Is there a God?” It may herald the beginning of your struggle to know Him.

Think about it -
“Thou hast made us for Thyself, and the heart of man is restless until it find its rest in Thee.” - Saint Augustine