OUR PURPOSE FOR LIFE

Is making money your primary motivator in life? If you look at your daily schedule, is your entire effort devoted to the pursuit of wealth? Most of us wake up, head to work, and spend our best hours chasing a paycheck. While providing for oneself is biblical, there is a thin, dangerous line between "earning a living" and "living for earnings." The Bible doesn’t mince words when it comes to our finances. In Matthew 6:24 , Jesus issues a definitive challenge: “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” In the modern world, we are constantly bombarded by the "hustle culture" that equates net worth with self-worth. But as believers, we must ask ourselves: Who is sitting on the throne of our hearts? Are we controlled by the Spirit, or are we driven by the dollar? The Illusion of Financial Security We often chase money because it pro...

What is the world's definition of success in life? We go through life being told that in order to be considered a success in life, we are to work hard for a living and accumulate the comforts of life as well as achieve recognition. So we end up desiring material possessions of many types, including larger homes, better vehicles, pricey clothing and more as an indication of our success. When we get these things, we definitely experience a brief period of excitement, happiness and satisfaction, but this is soon followed by a sense of emptiness and discontentment with life.   There is a diminishing enjoyment in material things that sets us back onto the pursuit of new material things that can replace the old ones and hopefully give us joy. But the pattern is the same, we soon find ourselves feeling empty and unsatisfied with the new things. It is possible to be happy without stuff, but we can never be happy without God. If God is not first before all things in our lives, we ...

Chasing After Things One of our deepest desires as humans is to live a meaningful and fulfilled life. We are constantly on the lookout for things that will bring us fulfillment, contentment and happiness. We long for the peace and joy that come with material possessions, successful careers, beautiful bodies, higher levels of education, popularity and recognition, self-advancement, sex, pleasure, and relationships. When we obtain these things, we often feel excited for a short period of time, but then we feel empty, and the cycle begins again, and we seek the next best thing. None of these things can completely satisfy our hearts' hunger. We all want to be happy, but we can end up wasting years pursuing things that don't bring lasting happiness.  "I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind." Ecclesiastics 1:14 How many people are happy because they have a lot of money? Are they not up all night trying t...