The Purpose of Life

UV 3701/10000 The Purpose of Life, The Basis of Life Seek the Lord ( search diligently for Him and long for Him as your most essential need) so that you may live, or He will rush down like the devouring fire, ) house of Joseph and there will be no one to quench the flame for idolatrous Bethel, Amos 5 v 6 This uni-verse exhorts the house of Israel or in other words, believers of all nations, to seek the Lord as a man would seek food which is his most essential need. If we do not, it would excite the intense, fire- like jealousy of the Lord. If we do, we are blessed and if we don’t we are damned. Nothing can quench the wrath of God once it is aroused. We need to seek Him with all our heart and mind. Seek Him every day, every hour, every moment, in every place, every activity. Seek Him through diligent study of the Word. Seek a glimpse of His face, a touch of His hand, a whisper of His voice. God has indeed, hidden Himself from man but when He sees us seeking Him with all our hearts, He reveals Himself to us. He reveals Himself to the one who revels in Him. He spurns the one who is insincere, dishonest, corrupt, wicked, unrepentant. The former He blesses like He did the house of Joseph, while the latter He curses like the house of disobedience, the rebellious house. The former would not yield a higher place in their hearts to anyone or anything other than God, their Lord. The latter have given their hearts over to earthly passions, material pursuits, the love of sinful pleasure without any fear or reverence for God. The ones who revere God are deemed wise in His eyes and they avoid and abhor vice of any kind. They seek to do what is just and right in accordance with the word of God, for they have no higher standard to measure justice or righteousness. They do not rely on the fickle opinions or transient knowledge of man but diligently study the Word in order to discern what is the will and purpose of God concerning their lives. The purpose of all learning is to know God and to make Him known. The purpose of all activity is to ultimately glorify the Lord.