White Fang 2

"Your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified." (Isaiah 60:21, ESV)
The purpose for our existence is to know and glorify God. That is what we are created for. That is who we are to be. Any moment that we spend separated from God we are not living out the purpose of our lives.

Lack London’s White Fang, the young wolf cub, ventured out into the world and started living. He started doing what he was designed for. As he stumbled upon the ptarmigan chick his instincts kicked in and he pounced on his first prey. Life was thriving from deep within.

“All the fighting blood of his breed was up in him and surging through him. This was living, though he did not know it. He was realizing his own meaning in the world; he was doing that for which he was made—killing meat and battling to kill it. He was justifying his existence, than which life can do no greater; for life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do.” (White Fang page 150)

I know from my own personal experience and from talking with people who were not in Christ, that there is something missing. It may be that they have everything this world has to offer, and yet there is still something wrong. What is wrong is that they are not doing that for which they are made. We are not made to live a life of sin separated from God, but that is what we do. We are made to fellowship with God and bring Him glory.

Having a better life now is a misconception that people have bought into. In order to have a better life, you have to have a life. True life is lived only in relationship with God. This only takes place through repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

You are never more alive than when you are living a life connected to Christ and glorifying Him.

I keep using the word glorify for a reason. The Westminster Shorter Catechism states this: “The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.” The Bible is replete with references teaching us that our lives are to be lived to glorify God. We are the products of the Creator. And the Great Designer designed us to glorify Him.

Let me rephrase what London wrote, “You can do no greater, your life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was created to do.” Glorify God!

For further reading:
Colossians 1:16
John 17:3-4
Romans 11:36