Your Life is a Gift from God, Value it

What you believe about the origins of the universe radically affects how you live and think. If you judge there is no God and the universe began by chance, it remains governed by chance and void of meaning. So you and I are meaningless!

Doctors prescribe a record number of antidepressants each year. This is a harbinger of the futility of godless consumerism. Your life is more important than what you own. God created you in His image. You are eternal in worth. It’s not your selfie which counts, it’s yourself. Your soul and spirit.

The dust will return to the earth as it was and the spirit will return to God who gave it

– Ecclesiastes 12:7

If you don’t believe in God, ask yourself some questions: Why do people have feelings of deep emptiness? What could you say to someone who’s given up on existence? What is the point of life?

Alcohol, partying and drug misuse are avoidance techniques. We drown our sorrows and stay sedated with wine and pills to escape the emptiness inside. Some people say faith in God is a crutch. We long for food and water because we need it. We desire love because it can be experienced. Our longings point us to authenticity – we desire spiritual experience because God exists to provide such experiences and a living-reality of joy abundant.

You are not guaranteed health, friends, wealth, a job, family, leisure time or holidays in life. Yet many strive to be happy with things which only perish, can be stolen or damaged. People let you down, they stitch you up, hearts get broken and everybody dies. What is the foundation of your life?

The Lord said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you…I will be with you always even to the very end of the age”

– Matthew 28:20, Hebrews 13:5

Put your trust in Jesus, He can help you get through life and give you life to the full. Jesus never said it would be easy to follow Him, but the rewards are out of this world!

By Mathew Backholer. Find out about Mathew’s books here.