WHO AM I? WHAT REALLY MATTERS?
In order for us to effectively navigate those twisting and
tortuous turns in the stream of human existence, it is necessary to have a sure
and steadfast knowledge of our identity and purpose. I love Pierre
Teilhard de Chardin’s perspective on this issue. He wrote, “We are
not HUMAN BEINGS having
a spiritual experience. We are SPIRITUAL BEINGS having a human
experience.” The Word declares that, on the sixth day of creation, “GOD
created man IN HIS OWN IMAGE.”
(Genesis 1:27) We are made in the likeness of God, and it is universally
understood that “GOD IS A SPIRIT.”
(John 4:24)
These revelatory insights beg the question, ‘Why, then, do
we humans have the tendency to overemphasize and engage NATURAL MATTERS, more so than SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES?’
The Apostle Paul admonishes us to retain a strong spiritual
focus as we experience life on this earthly plain. “If then you were raised
with Christ, SEEK THOSE THINGS
WHICH ARE ABOVE, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.”
(Colossians 3:1) Jesus Christ poses a most strategic question, which simultaneously
serves as a sobering warning: “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the
whole world, and lose his own soul? Or
what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:26)
My friend, you are MORE than your career, your place of
residence, your wardrobe, your education, or anything that you can visualize or
perceive with your five senses. INDEED, YOU WERE MADE FOR MUCH HIGHER
PURPOSES. YOU WERE CREATED TO HONOR, SERVE AND WORSHIP GOD. Therefore, it is imperative that you discover
and embrace the HEAVENLY MEANING in
every earthly matter. In other words, don’t ever allow that which really
counts to get lost in the daily ‘sauce’ of life.
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