Johnny Hart captures an apologetic nugget of wisdom. People are ever pursuing purpose and meaning in life…and they settle one finding purpose in the search for purpose, not in something that will actually give them purpose. That is like a person searching for water, and then becoming satisfied with the search and not needing the water any more. It’s like finding love in pursuit of love, that is the feeling or experience of anticipating love. It reminds me of a love song that extols the virtue of love, but never mentions the object the love. Maybe someday scientists will discover a “love” pill, which you can take and experience the emotional or romantic aspect of love without having anyone else in your life to actually love!
For some people, the search for God is noble, but the finding of God is naive, lacking the subtleties of contemporary epistomology. Howver, we were created with a purpose, a God-given purpose. It comes from outside of ourselves, from God. Our purpose IS God, to live for Him and for His purposes. He wants to fulfill our need for purpose, not simply in the pursuit of Him, but in the finding of Him and living for Him. Don’t let the pseudo-intellectural, pseudo-spiritual naysayers mislead you into settling for a pagan god that is nebulous, mysterious and ultimatley unknowable. (Sad to say, some Christian intellectuals are actually promoting this notion today).
God is a knowable God, who wants to be found out. If not, what is the point of the search? Please spare me the rubish of “It’s the search that matters.” No, it is God that matters and that is why we are ever searching to know more about him. From knowing to knowing, it is Him that satisfies.
The Lord says, “You will seek Me and find me when you search for Me with all your heart.” (Jeremiah 29:13). The purpose of life is not in the searching, but in the finding God. Have you found Him. Do you know Him? Are you getting to know Him better?
Tags: Apologetics, epistomology, purpose
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