WHO AM I? WHAT REALLY MATTERS?

WHO AM I?  WHAT REALLY MATTERS?

 In order to effectively navigate the 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, engage and embrace 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 residence, your wardrobe, your education, or anything you 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, the substance of life, to get displaced or lost in the daily ‘sauce of life.’  Focus.  Pray.  Believe.

Sisters and brothers, be continually blessed, and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO MEET OUR SOON COMING KING.  Maranatha!