My son Aaron and his wife Rachel recently graduated from Christ for the Nations (CFNI) Bible College and Aaron is now working as Chaplain to the staff at a local water park, as well as an assistant youth pastor at a church and a part-time retail sales person. He called me last week, and with excitement in his voice, he said, “Mom, I’ve discovered the meaning of life and the purpose of life. It is to live life and enjoy God.”
Wow! “Live life and enjoy God.” What does that mean? Does it mean to look for God in every situation, or look at His creation and see Him within it? Does it mean to see the goodness of God in others and enjoy His goodness in the exchange of relationship? Yes, I believe that is part of it, but I also believe it goes much deeper than that. If God gave me this life to live, I need to choose to live it to the fullest every day, for every day is a gift. If I’m having a hard time or a “bad day” there’s something I am to learn through it, so again I must choose live life and get the most of each day, even the difficult ones. And while I’m living life, I have the privilege of enjoying God. Because I’ve given my life to Him, He shares His presence with me every day through His Holy Spirit. That means I can talk to Him and He hears me; I can listen for His voice, for His leading, and He is here to lead me and speak to me. I can see Him and enjoy His presence in others who know Him also, and I can enjoy the image of His glory in His creation around me. Man is that good!
So when I’m taking time to have Tea or Coffee with God, I’m choosing to enjoy Him. I’m choosing to “live life and enjoy God.”
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