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One way to state the purpose of life: Seek and allow God’s continuing creation in our hearts and, through our lives, in the world.
Seek
But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul. Deuteronomy 4:29 Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7: 7-8 We are created with desires, both simple and profound. God fills the world with things that fulfill our desires. Give us this day our daily bread. They are all meant to lead us to God, who alone satisfies all our desires, from the simplest to the deepest. God tells us that when we seek him in any of these ways we will find him. finding God we find the peace and the love, the excitement and the adventure, the daily support for our living, that we all desire.
Allow
“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it be to me as you have said.” Then the angel left her. Luke 1: 38
“My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” Matthew 26:38
By seeking God we admit that we don’t have in ourselves, that we can’t get for ourselves, what we neely need and deeply desire. Ultimately we are seeking God’s life in our lifevs. this is what we are created for. Nothing else feels quite right. God often responds to our seeking in ways that we didn’t anticipate and maybe even don’t really want. God’s ways are always best for us, whether we realize it in the moment or not.
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