“This is the covenant
I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws
in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.” Hebrews 10:16
To the unbeliever, “a meaningful life” is contrived from a mix
of one’s opinions, experiences, perspectives, realities, and the lack of understanding
and knowledge of Biblical Truth. To the unbeliever, truth is abstract: “The god
of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the
light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” 2
Corinthians 4:4. There is a world view and there is God’s view of what it means
to live a meaningful life according to His will and purpose.
Every promise from God is declared through Jesus Christ. God
chose each of us for his good pleasure. We are his special possession: “But you are a chosen people, a
royal priesthood, a holy
nation, God’s
special possession, that you
may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his
wonderful light.” 1 Peter 2:9. When Jesus prayed for his disciples, he
confirms them: “For I gave them the words you gave me and they
accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they
believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I am not praying for the
world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours.” John 17:7-9.
Our purpose is to bring glory to the name of Jesus. We
are his Life’s work: “All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory
has come to me through them.” John 17:10. Our Father in heaven watches over us,
uniting us together with his Son as one into his Holy Family: “Holy Father,
protect them by your power of your name-the name you gave me-so that they may
be one as we are one.” John 17:11. Jesus prayed in our behalf. He knew the
world would hate us so he asked the father to set us apart for his purpose: “They
are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth;
your word is truth.” John 17:16-17.
A life of significance is firmly fixed in desire to follow
the will and ways of God. We need to relate and respond to each other, lean and
support, give and take, confess and forgive: “As the Father has loved me, so have I
loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will
remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his
love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may
be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater
love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You
are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you
servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I
have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have
made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed
you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that
whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. This is my command:
Love each other.” John 5:9-17.
We need each other. We are to work in unity. There is one
body with many parts: “There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes
them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are
different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the
same God at work.” 1 Corinthians 12:4-6.
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