Got Questions?

What is the meaning of life? What is the purpose for my life? Why

am I here? What direction in life do I take? If you're currently

asking yourself any of these questions, don’t feel alone. Every

human being for thousands of years has asked themselves these very

same questions about the meaning of life and their life’s purpose. It's

completely natural to ask questions about ourselves and about where

our lives are headed. What this means is that we’re not content with

our current life situation. We want and need to know more.

Now, while it is important to ask yourself life questions; it's very

imperative to know where to find the right answers. Many people

today are trying to find life answers and advice in all sorts of places.

Some people look for answers in self-help books. Some seek

answers by watching TV talk shows. Some visit a psychic seeking

answers from the spirit world. Finally, some people think the answer

is at the bottom of a glass bottle or by taking illegal substances.

It's true that we can find answers to our life’s questions through

secular means, but are we really going to get an answer that contains

true wisdom and proper insight? Where can we go to help us find

our life’s purpose? Where can we turn to when we feel confused,

lost, or unsure? Well, there are two sources of divine authority for

answers to our life’s questions: God and the Holy Bible.

First, God is our ultimate source because He gave us life. God is our

Heavenly Father and we can look to Him for purpose. First, we need

to trust God and believe in Him. It says in Isaiah 41:10 NIV Fear not,

for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will

strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my

righteous right hand and also in Psalms 37:4-5 NIV Take delight in

the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do

this.. We can put our complete trust in God because His Written

Word says so. God never lies and never goes back on His word.

The Bible also says in Jeremiah 29:11 NKJV, For I know the

thoughts that I think towards you, says the Lord, thoughts of

peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. God made

us because He loves us and knows what’s best for us. You see, God

made us for a purpose. The proof is in Ephesians 2:10 NIV, which says,

For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do

good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. You

see, God’s purpose for our lives is not to selfishly live for ourselves

and for our own desires, but to live for Him. God’s purpose is for us

to have fellowship and eternal life with Him. God's desire is for us

to prosper and to grow spiritually with Him through Christ.

Secondly, we have the Bible as the divine resource to go to for life

guidance and direction. Consider it like a massive Holy how-to

manual for your life. The Bible says 2 Timothy 3:16 ESV All

Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching,

for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.

Now, knowing that the Bible is divinely inspired is very important

because we need to know the One that is instructing us. God gave

us the Bible for three reasons:

1. To teach us the way of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.

2. To guide us in living our lives completely for Him.

3. To give us much needed eternal hope.

The Bible also says in Romans 15:4 NIV For everything that was

written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the

endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement

they provide we might have hope. The Bible is not just a

historical book. It is God’s eternal Living Word written specifically

for us to help guide us in finding the true meaning and purpose for

our lives. God’s Word is packed full of hope, divine wisdom, and

solutions that are applicable to every one of our life’s problems.

As I mentioned earlier you can go through secular means to find

answers for your life’s questions, which may or may not give you

the solution that you need. Or we can refer to God and to the Bible

which is our final authority in all life matters. God’s Word will give

us all the answers that we need because the Bible is full of divine

truth and sound reason. My friend, if you truly don’t know what the