If we fulfill the primary purpose that God created us for, we will, as a byproduct, find what most of us are looking for in this life: happiness, purpose, and meaning (see Psalm 16:11). What are you doing with your life? Are you living for His glory or your own? The apostle Paul summed up his life with this statement: “For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21). ![]() “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s” (1 Corinthians 6:19–20). “Whatever you do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31). Since God has created us for His glory, we are to glorify God in all that we do with our lives. How do we live out God’s purpose for our lives? “In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory” (Ephesians 1:11–12). “Everyone who is called by My name, whom I created for My glory, I have formed him, yes, I have made him” (Isaiah 43:7). God did not create us to bring glory to the created, but to the Creator. God “will render to each one according to his deeds: eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness-indignation and wrath” (Romans 2:6–8). ![]() God has essentially put a desire for eternity in our hearts. Yet, there is a right way and a wrong way we can pursue this goal. ![]() We want our lives to count for something bigger and greater than ourselves. We all have a desire to rise above the ordinary to distinguish ourselves.
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