Do you realize that everyday you are giving something in exchange for your soul or your life? If you are in the working world, you are exchanging your life’s blood for money and the things it can buy. If you look around you, right where you are, you will see little bits of your life that has been converted into physical things. Some people give their whole life for these things. Then, when they come to the end of life, all they have to show for their life blood is little bits of stuff. How very sad that is.
Many people seek to find the “purpose for life“. They look for all kinds of things to give them purpose. They may find some satisfaction, but not really. They have decided to give up the search because they can’t find what they are looking for. They are not sure what the purpose is, but they are sure what the purpose is not. It can’t be a life lived to its fullest for Jesus. There is something inside of them that resists the idea of trading their life for Jesus or anything else having to do with His ideas. How very sad that they have been deceived.
People who don’t know their purpose in life should really ask the only One who knows it. However, in order to get an answer from Him, they must be willing to let go of their pre-conceived notions of the answer. If you are one of these people, I want to ask you, “Have you ever really asked Jesus what His purpose for your life is”? Maybe you don’t think that He has anything to do with it. If that is true, how can you be so sure? You’ve searched everywhere else and haven’t found it. Why don’t you sincerely ask Jesus for help in this search? You might find some help in reading what He has already said. Start reading the Bible, and you might find your answer. Be prepared to let go of some of your ideas about what He will say to you. I’ll give you an example: Jesus said, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
Have you been exchanging your life for things? Things don’t bring lasting satisfaction, happiness, or peace. Things don’t last very long. Our heart is always unsatisfied. Things can never satisfy your inward heart’s longings. You must start your life over. You have already wasted enough of it in working for and exchanging your life blood for things that don’t satisfy. You can start over again and find the peace and satisfaction you desire. You will only find it in the Person who knows why you were born.
All your life, you have been living for yourself. Tell me, are you satisfied with that? Why not try living the rest of your life for the only Person who knows why you were born? You might be surprised at what you discover on the journey with Him as your Guide. Why not start that journey with Jesus today? All you have to do is ask Him to come into your life and obey what He tells you. If we can assist you in any way, contact us. We are here to help you.