Jesus
replied, “’Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment.” Matthew 22:37-38
As much as
we might make light of the question, the reality of it haunts us. The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) has
estimated close to 800,000 persons successfully commit suicide yearly (W.H.O, 2
Sept, 2019). With these kinds of stats,
the meaning of life, with its deep source of pain, cannot be flippantly
ignored.
Jesus Christ
put the meaning of life into perspective when He quoted today’s verse from the
Hebrew Scriptures (Deuteronomy 6:5). We were created for eternal fellowship
with God (Genesis 3:8-9), to love Him with our complete being. This was the
original meaning of life and the only thing that can still offer its real
meaning.
Adam and Eve
were the only human beings, outside of Jesus Christ, ever to walk in Perfect
Meaning while in their flesh. The rest
of us have had to fight the FAX machine.
God wants us to know there is more to life than annihilation at our last
breath. He demonstrated this graphically when He offered His Son for us all and
raised Him from the dead (1st Corinthians 6:14, Ephesians 1:20).
Finding resolution to our conflict, and a sound relationship with Christ, is as easy as believing. When we do, His Holy Spirit will guide us into His Truth (John 16:13). He is the only One who can clear the jam in our FAX of Life. What flows from His throne is pure, unadulterated love and meaning.
When we love Him back with
our greatest love and affection it will bring to us a fellowship and meaning we
can find nowhere else. When we know the true meaning of life, life can’t help
but finally have true meaning, finally clearing that jam from our own FAX of Life.
Ken
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