Article No. 1030
Is There An Answer To The Question: What Is The Meaning Of Life?
“Let us hear the conclusion Of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: For this is the whole duty of man.”
Ecclesiastes 12:13
For centuries great minds have asked this question,
and there are many ways people continue to look at it.
Plato said it was the “Ultimate search for Knowledge,”
fellow Greek philosopher Aristotle thought that it was ”Fulfilling our Potential“
while Confucius sought to “Live a life of Harmony.”
Others like Friedrich Nietzsche prescribed it as
“Understanding the meaning of Suffering”
and American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson thought it
“Traveling along the road of life, no matter how Bad.”
All these - and many others from around the world -
may indeed have a certain degree of merit,
but they all very interestingly follow one theme.
It is a focus on SELF.
As today’s final words from the wisdom book of Ecclesiastes concludes,
ultimately we have been given that life
— every breath, every heartbeat, every step along that road — by God.
Our life while enhanced by knowledge, peace, and determination
is ultimately attributed to and suspended by the one who created us, and not we ourselves.
It is Him to whom we owe thanks and gratitude. As the verse ends,
this is indeed our WHOLE DUTY and we do this
by honoring Him who made us and by living a life that follows what He asks of us.
Friend, we are all free to live our life however we want,
by whatever rules we want, but consider this.
That 'Freedom' is given to us for only a SHORT TIME,
and what thanks we give for that TIME is something we each decide we want
or don’t want to give back in honour from whence it came.
This is our duty for living in this life,
...or are you trying to answer this question
Your Way?
God Bless Your Day
Jesus Loves You
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