What is it all about? Why get up in the morning I suppose? And that's a question we all have to answer sooner or later. I know too many people whose only honest answer to that question is: "to work to accumulate, so I can remain restless and continue to work to accumulate, so I can remain..."
Even among Christians I don't detect a great deal more hope. Some might trip out: "I'm just a stranger here, just passing through..." as if the reason for living is to endure long enough to stop living. My darker side could suggest an obvious short cut.
There must be more, surely?
And there is.
God never intended us to use this life to serve ourselves, so accumulation, or selfish recreation are out. Nor did he intend that we just endure this life, it's his gift and the best way to thank someone for a gift is to enjoy it.
The Human Project, the purpose of life, for every human being, whether they accept their responsibility or not, is to Glorify God. And this it turns out, we do by delighting in him, delighting in the good things he purposes and then labouring to see those good purposes realised as and when we may, in our own lives, societies and cultures.
Why get up in the morning? Because we have work to do. God has a world to make new, and he has called us to partner with him in that project. Repent of your old life and purposes and serve God in the making of a new world, filled with Him.
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