Made for God

Reading Tozer's Purpose of Man I can rid myself of doubt and insecurity. For despite my age, lack of education and experience, I have purpose. I can say to the one with degree upon degree and a bank account full of money that I know the chief end to man's purpose. I was created for God. No longer must I wander in spiritual amnesia, forgetting why I exist on this earth. For God made me for Him. I reflect His glory. I am made in His image. God created man so man may worship Him.

So many search the depths of their mind, wallet, emotions and time just to find the purpose and meaning of human existence. It is the greatest question posed throughout the years: why? Why am I here? What is my purpose?

See here, so many reject the idea of creation for the glory and worship of a holy God because of sin and the shame associated. Not to mention, there is a great deceiver whose own self-appointed purpose is to defame that noble Name by which we were called. So you tell a Buddhist, an atheist, an artist, an athlete: you were made to worship God! They'll scoff and ridicule, but tonight while lying on their bed one solitary, scary and exciting, life-altering thought will not be abated from the mind, what if that Christian was right? For their defenses shot up so fast, almost instinctively because as good 21st century humans, we reject anything that bases its whole hope on that which is unseen, intangible and can't be put into a bottle to sell later. Yet our deep cries out to deep, towards something that may enlighten the veiled truths of time.

The gaping wound of most is stuffed to the full with lust, lies and religious liturgies. The hole, the space inside man that is seemingly unsolvable, hinges upon an uncreated, pure, holy, merciful and and full of love for you and me, God.

This is who you were made for. Don't draw back, don't hide. Don't put it off for tomorrow to choose. Don't wait until perfection has been reached, and the "bad years" far behind. Now. Now is the time. Now is the hour of salvation. Now, at the dawning of a new and merciful morning, last night's transgressions forgiven.

Jesus came for the sick, not for the well. Come. Even if you have no money. Come if you're thirsty for purpose in this life.

Seek the Lord while He may be found. While your heart races and the intuition in your spirit cries yes. Call upon Him while He is near, for God will have mercy and He will abundantly pardon you.

This is the straight and narrow road, to leave behind the baggage of the past, for now. The Lord will take them and gently bring you to rememberance and deliverance of such things later. Lay it down and run forward. Even now, push forward, say yes to your purpose as an heir of the kingdom of love.

Say yes to the beautiful, perfect Man who took on your shame and sin. Say yes to His resurrection from the dead. To crucify all of your fleshly lusts with Him on that cross. Though the path is at times stricken with disease, doubt and trials. There is a hope everlasting. There is a purpose: to worship God. To know and be known, fully, in the age to come where there's no more death, no sorrow, no crying. There will be no more pain and the former things will pass away.

It's a real day, dawning and bright, right on the other side of this life.

All this you can have if you just say yes. If you keep saying yes to where God's Spirit leads you.