Monday 16 January 2023
Finding Our Way Is Simple,
and Simply Impossible
Without God’s Help.
Psalms 71:23
My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have rescued.
Colossians 1:11-12
May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
Words of Grace For Today
The purpose of life has been proposed as many different things, and even said so often to be different for each person.
Yet, scripture and the saints often agree that the purpose of life is the same for us all, and that it is simple: give God praise with great joy.
The challenge is that life is often boring, overwhelmingly challenging, and unbearably painful, sometimes all at once. In order to be joyful and give God praise in the midst of all that takes … well it takes more than we have to give it often seems.
Only by the Holy Spirit enabling us can we endure all the boring, overwhelmingly challenging, and unbearably painful times of life, and still know at the beginning, end, and in the midst of each day to give God thanks for everything in life, and life itself.
For that we are created. For that God deals graciously with us. For that is simple, though seldom easy.