What is the purpose of life? Don’t we all have to ask that question at some point. And the reason we’re asking is because everything that has led us to that point simply isn’t good enough; it cannot explain the reason for our existence.
I’m going to sound like a know-it-all, but here’s the answer in one word: WORSHIP. And I think that’s why Louie wrote the book “The Air I Breathe,” so we could get it. And that one word packs a big punch -- it can be endlessly explained. And the fulfillment of this one-word answer won’t happen on this earth, it happens only when we’re in heaven face to face with the living God!
The one alternative way to understand the complete answer is in hell for those who do not know God. They may be atheists or misguided deists in this life, but they won’t be after they die. They’ll get it too and they’ll realize that they missed it.
I want to get it. I want to feel it. It’s like I used to feel it years ago when I was hungry, searching for something more. We can’t usually identify the longing as worship, but we know our passions were made to give worth to something greater. But without knowledge, that’s all we have is feelings.
Which is why knowledge is so important! When we first learn more about God and begin to put a face to our worship, it’s the most amazing thing. It’s like our emotionally longing heart says to our enlightened mind, “hello mister knowledge, how do you do,” and we begin to focus our feelings on the truth of a God who loves us so much that he sent his son Jesus to restore our broken relationship with Him.
And now, years later I get it. I get the knowledge anyway, but now the feelings grow dim at times. Sometimes it’s just like coals burning and God needs to stoke my fire so I can get more excited about Him. A life of worship is constantly balancing mind and heart.
Yet one certain feeling remains: I long for that day when I will see God fully and my worship will be complete.
- Rich
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