Do you feel like your life is meaningless? I'm here to tell you that your life has meaning.
The following are my Bible study notes based on my pastor's sermon titled "The Meaning of Life." You are invited to watch, listen and worship with us here.
The Meaning of Life
Many circumstances might cause you to begin to question the meaning of life, the brevity of it. Birth, marriage, a stillborn child, loss of a child, a milestone birthday, something else you experience that leaves a huge impact on your life whether it be positive or negative - all of those things (and many others) could cause a person to question the meaning of life.
When we look at the Scriptures, we will find that we inherit meaning and purpose.
What is our aim in life as believers in Jesus? To glorify God and enjoy Him.
Those who do not have a relationship with Jesus often find themselves asking what more is there to life. There must be something more.
There is nothing more outside of God. Nothing makes sense apart from God.
Preserve me, O God, for I take refuge in You.
I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good besides You.”
As for the saints who are in the earth,
They are the majestic ones in whom is all my delight.
The sorrows of those who have bartered for another god will be multiplied;
I shall not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
Nor will I take their names upon my lips.
The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup;
You support my lot.
The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me.
I will bless the Lord who has counseled me;
Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night.
I have set the Lord continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will dwell securely.
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol;
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.
You will make known to me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
In Your right hand there are pleasures forever. - Psalm 16
We tend to measure our worth based on the people and things around us or a position we hold at work on in our communities. However, our meaning, our purpose, is nothing apart from God.
As a child of God, every relationship I have is tied to my relationship with the Lord.
We were made by God and for God.
Life is not random.
Life is no accident.
We have purpose and meaning in the Lord.
We usually want these things:
1. We want to choose the right path in life.
2. We want to find what makes us happy.
3. We want the path we are on an the happiness we feel to last. Take another look at Psalm 16:11
We want joy instead of happiness. Happiness is circumstantial. Joy is not. Even when your circumstances are not good, you can still have joy.
Joy in the Lord lasts forever.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. - John 10:10For in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His children.’ - Acts 17:28
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