“…yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.” 1Co8.6 ESV
The interesting change of prepositions in this verse, give to us some profound insights. We are said to be from the Father and for the Father. Just as our vast oceans are the source and destination of all the water on our planet, so God is the source from whom all things come, and all things exist for His advantage and pleasure. God is the beginning and the end.
Now Christ is said to be the instrument of it all. We are told that the Father created the world through Christ, and though we have rebelled it is also Christ who brings us back to the Father. And, while there are mysteries woven in all of this, one thing is abundantly clear, our lives are not our own. As such we owe to God whatever He would ask of us. And, what does He ask, but that we love and serve Him with gladness.
Our purpose then is nothing complicated. We have been given the gift of life so that we might come to God through Christ and enjoy all that He desires to be for us as the Father. God finds His greatest pleasure in us, when we find Him to be our greatest pleasure. A good place to start would be to rise each day with a simple “Thank You,” realizing that we borrow the very breath we use to say it. 1/11/2008 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
