Life’s Purpose
Day 2 of 2021, kind of late for “new year’s resolution”, but from what I have read, “new year’s resolution” is not big this year. Today’s reading from Ephesians 1:1-14 is not going to help toward that lost cause. :p
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
We are chosen to be redeemed and forgiven. It was done not so that we can be great or perfect. It is not so that we can “aim for the sky”. Our purpose is not about us, but about God. We may not all agree, or admit it, but we all have been carefully created by God. Each and every one of us has been uniquely created, and the only purpose God has in mind was to fellowship with Him.
What we do and how we go about our lives is secondary to the Primary Purpose. They should be a reflection of our Primary Purpose, not a hope that our daily lives are, somehow, infused by our faith. The bottom line? It’s not about us, it’s all about God. That, is the best purpose we can have for a blessed and successful life. Godspeed.
