Purpose

 

Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”

 

I read a couple articles on purpose this week. They ask: What is the existential-humanistic perspective from God's perspective? The bottom line is that we exist—we are alive. The challenge of our lives is how do we choose to live our existence and how do we make meaning of our unique, individual journeys. Why am I here on earth? Where did I come from? What am I worth? Do I have any intrinsic value? Do I serve a purpose? These are all fundamental questions. 

 

If God doesn't exist, that means that life must have come about through some natural impersonal, unintelligent, and ultimately purposeless process. Without a Creator in the beginning, there was nobody around to put you here on purpose which means you aren't here for a reason. It's that simple. But, If God created you, then He created you for a reason, and that's ultimately why your here. If Creator God loves you and you're valuable to your Heavenly Father, then that's ultimately what you're worth. 

 

What God says is right is absolutely right and what He says is wrong is absolutely wrong. We may be free moral agents with the freedom to make moral decisions, but that doesn't mean we can choose what actually is right or wrong; that just means we're capable of choosing to be right or wrong. God makes the rules. 

 

We believe in God-given possibility and potential. Simultaneously, we acknowledge there are limitations to being a finite human. We believe there is something greater than ourselves in God’s purposes. There is something greater than our personality or ego that it is important to stay open to what the Word of God says and the leading of the Holy Spirit. A born-again Believer aspires to be Christ-hearted and clear-minded. We aspire to love every human being for all of who they are, and if unsaved to lead them to the foot of the Cross to find salvation in Christ. We love our neighbors as ourselves.

 

We intend to live in the present moment that the Lord has placed us, for He put us here right now for a reason. In this present moment, the past (which we learn from) and future (which ultimately is glory in Heaven) are embodied. We want to be conscious God’s plan for our lives in how we feel, what we think, and how we act in the present moment to advance the kingdom of God. This makes life vital.

 

We intend to act from our authentic godly core in our transformed heart. We believe that as followers of Jesus Christ, we will ultimately act in the best interests of self, each other, our community, nation and the world as a whole will a biblical worldview. We intend to have relationships of honesty, openness, and mutuality each being created by God. 

 

We believe that human beings are innately sinners. However, they need to explore and heal their wounds in repentance by the blood of Jesus in order to actualize their godly goodness. We believe life is an ongoing learning process called sanctification. There are always further discoveries we can make about ourselves and the world as we are discipled and grow into the likeness of Christ. We are always growing, learning and maturing as children of God, knowing that Jesus Christ is the author of our own life.

 

In Christ, Brian