Living In Purpose: The Bible Perspective

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I am on a special journey; I feel another jumping and bubbling inside of me. She seems to like what I like and whenever I talk, I can hear her replies in the joyful leaps and frequent turns. I am almost tempted to devote this post to the awesome feeling this lovely bundle makes me feel but I am just going to hold my excitement till a later time.

I am one of those that ask questions a lot and much as that can be my fall, it is also one of my strongest points.

Losing loved ones and watching happenings all around the world haven’t made me much of an enthusiast in worldly things and successes (not like I am disdainful about them though). My philosophy is more like that of the author of Ecclesiastes. 

I am of the school of thought there seem to be no end to the chase for worldly things and everytime a new ground is covered there is a 'what next' hanging around the corner and this for me takes the beauty out of the chase. To man's needs, there is really no end and till we find purpose our chase will never be ordered.

Purpose is that special journey several scholars have tried to define. Since this is not an academic journal, I am just going to skip all the ‘big English’ definition. Purpose is what we embark on anticipating an intended outcome.

The bible talks about purpose in different ways but I hope we all agree our ultimate purpose is for us to worship and fear God our creator.  This is as Solomon put it: Fear God and keep his commandment, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil" (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14). In this ultimate purpose, we can find all other purposes for which we are created.