Who are you?

Have you ever just stared into a mirror and thought "Who am I?"

When you see the world around you, do you get scared? excited? worried? happy? hopeful? peaceful?

The truth is we all wonder where we came from and where we are going. Should I marry? Should I work here? How about there?

Most of us feel alone. Like no one understands us. Like it's Me v. The World, and the world is currently undefeated...










If you took a science class ever, you would believe you are a cosmic accident or simply an extension of the animal kingdom where ruthlessness rules...you evolved from nothing...to become and accomplish nothing...

Maybe that's why we make so many mistakes. So many times we get into bad relationships, take on jobs we don't like, buy stuff we don't need, and say things we don't mean. We see life as having no purpose. No point. But if that's so true, then why do always search for the meaning or the point?

"Why would he say that?"                         
"What did she mean by that?"
"What do you think this story means?"
"What's the point of this?"
"Why would you do that?"

It's almost as if we have an innate characteristic to search for meaning.  So where does this meaning come from? Sometimes I wonder if life has true purpose...


But then I read Genesis 1:26:

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

So maybe our purpose was predestine for us. That we are the image and likeness of an all-mighty Creator. A God who declared that the human race would not be part of nature, but be above it. That people would rule on earth over creation just as their Creator rules above.

There is a great story about Alexander the Great. A thief was brought before him, and Alexander asked him what his name was. The thief, tears and snot dropping from his face, pouted out, "My name is Alexander." So the great ruler grabbed him by the shirt, lifted him eye to eye and pronounced, "Either change your name or change your conduct."

You are the image bearer of a great God. Always keep that in mind. And act like it.

That's the Kool Aid, and you just drank it.