The New FAX of Life

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

A holy man high in a mountain cave had a paper jam in his FAX of life.  After a technician climbed the mountain and cleared the jam, he turned to the hermit and asked, “So tell me, Sir, what is the meaning of life?”  The holy man only smiled and said, “I’ll FAX you.”

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 (1^st 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