What's The Point?

Several months ago I had a friend come to me who was really down. His children were either in college or had already graduated. His son, with whom he hunted, now lived several states away and had his own life. His wife had new interests and instead of growing closer, they seemed be to be drawing apart. To add to this his job wasn’t as fulfilling and it appeared as though it might be changing and he wasn’t so sure of his future. He was really struggling and confided that he wasn’t sure what the point was anymore. Sadly, he like many others, had placed all of his focus on things that were temporal rather than eternal. Some have said that we’re born to die. In other words we come into this world on a journey towards death. I know this sounds a little morbid but the reality is, we’re all going to die someday so what is the point? What’s the point of life if everything we see and touch is only temporal? Is there anything eternal that we can grasp hold of to help us walked through this temporal world? I believe there is. The journey of life is just that, a journey. We however tend to live it as a destination. We move from one thing to another as points on a map. We camp out on things expecting that they will be fulfilling and complete only to realize one day that what we’re holding onto is only temporal and it too changes. So if life is a journey, then it also must have a purpose, and that really seems to be the point. When I have a purpose then every leg of the journey has meaning and I understand things from a great position. However when we place all of our hope and attention into those things that are temporal, they will one-day fizzle up and then what are we left with? Solomon, perhaps the wisest man to live said this in his final chapter of Ecclesiastes, “Here now is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commands, for this is everyone’s duty. God will judge us for everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad.” Think about it.