Seth’s World View

I’ve thought over purpose and meaning often in life. Without it, my will to be alive is quite weak. And being a Christian my whole life, the number of times I would have preferred to not be on this planet is too many to mention (though I’ve never seriously wanted to force an end, which is good). I’ve already decided that if life is about what I can experience and get out of it, I’d prefer not to be hard, too much hard stuff to deal with. But if I don’t desire to be here then, it’s purely for self-centered reasons. The problem with purpose is partially what type of purpose one is referring to. One could define purpose into God’s general purpose, which is pretty clearly expounded on, and then God’s more specific purpose for a person at a given time in their life (I don’t think I buy that a person has to find 1 purpose for their whole life). I’ve had numerous issues in my place because I had A) a perceived purpose of what I thought my life was supposed to be, more specifically, what I perceived I was supposed to do for God and B) wondering how good a person I was and how much I was worth. You’re talk about faith was good, because that really is what much of it comes down to, do we believe in God and His Goodness. Where I have hit a snare in past times (even in the past year), is that when the specific purpose didn’t come to fruition, life suddenly losing meaning. Such as, if my life is supposed to manifest a purpose, and doesn’t appear to, why go on?

For me, my conclusions are as follows. Whether I can change the world can be debated, but everyone, EVERYONE, is capable of loving and serving others, and in that, there is meaning. We can look out for others and their needs, and stop making ourselves the center of the universe. My life can make a difference, and I am capable of contributing something to the world. Along with that, God created people, and the fact that He created people in His image means they have value. As a person who knows my creator, I am capable of fully receiving God’s love, when I truly believe in God’s love and have faith in who He is. My life with God is sometimes about multiple good paths, and other times, there is a clear command to be obedient and have faith. It is quite amazing when I have flagrantly disobeyed God and wondered why life sucked. John 15 says it well when it talks about being in an abiding relationship. I think a lot of purpose really comes down to a step-by-step relationship with God where we are obedient and take risks in faith, realizing we are secure in being children of a loving Father, a Father who shoulders the burden of our purpose so we don’t have to.

Right now, I am walking in that. Hopefully tomorrow I will be too. Shalom.