Seek God first
"Life doesn't make sense. It is just one darned thing after another."
Marahil maraming beses ninyo na itong (or variations of this) narinig. People are complaining about the meaninglessness of life.
This isn't new. Solomon raised the same issue in Ecclesiastes.
For unbelievers (and unfortunately for many believers out of fellowship with God), life has no meaning. They only breath, eat, work, sleep, then repeat. Maybe go to church on Sundays and then wait until you die.
But for believers, life is meaningful. It is our opportunity to grow into Christ-likeness and become overcomers in this life and servant -rulers in the future. Having been born again through faith in Christ, life gives us the opportunity to bring to maturity that which was given to us. This life enables us to participate in maturing into the likeness of Christ.
When you view life like this, things fall into place. You understand why you undergo prosperity and adversity. Both are tools in God's hand to shape us His image.
You start to understand why Satan hate you and used the world and our flesh to undermine our growth. Having rejected God, he hated anyone developing godlikeness (godliness).
This explains why we are to be different. We'll have a different destiny than the world so it makes sense we live differently. The world revolves around self. Christians live for God.
This explains why God disciplined us. He wanted us to demonstrate family values (the fruit of the Spirit) and not the Enemy's values (lusts of the flesh).
No matter what happened, you understand it is for a reason. It is to bring us to maturity. When we reject that reason, we suffer for we are kicking against goads. We're like machines operating against design- we'll crash.
So live with meaning. Live with purpose. Live for God.
Manatiling nakapokus sa biyaya. Huwag ninyong hayaang nakawin ng mga huwad na guro ang inyong karapatang mag-isip ng doktrina.
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