The Foundation of our Existence

meaning?
2. Why am I alive?
3. Why did God choose me?

H. If we can answer these three fundamental questions, we will be well on our way to understanding God’s plan for our lives here at Calvary Christian Chapel.

I. You see, when I wake up in the morning, I don’t have to wonder about the meaning of my life. I don’t have to think about why I am alive. I’m alive because I’m committed to the “cause of Christ.”

J. You know, some people look at their lives with hopelessness and despair. They seem to echo the writer of Ecclesiastes when he cries: “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

K. And that’s the way it will be if you don’t live for the cause of Christ.

1. What Gives My Life Meaning?

A. How many of you know that life lasts only for a minute compared to eternity?

"You do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away."
- James 4:14

I’m not sure we always really understand this truth!

Illustration

For the sake of making a calculation, let’s say that eternity is only 8 million years long (though we all know that after only 8 million years, eternity is just begun). Now, let’s say that you have been given a long life and you live to be 100 years old.

Using these numbers, your life compared to eternity would only be a fraction of a second or 1/30th of a second.

Your life would end before you could say “ME.” Our lives are here today and gone tomorrow.


B. A second can only find purpose if it positively affects the rest of time. It is not big enough to find purpose in itself.

C. Our lives have meaning only as they affect our lives to come. If the brief second of this life can be used to move us toward eternity, then, (and only then) does it have purpose.

D. How many of you know that we become frustrated by trying various ways to find purpose?

We try things like...

1. Money
2. Sex
3. Drugs
4. Power
5. Influence
6. Education

E. All these things fail to provide lasting sense of fulfillment. Why? Because they all try to pretend that the "brief second" is longer than it really is.

F. We need to fuel our lives with eternal things. We need to be driven by “The Cause.”

2. Why am I alive?

A. So many today live life without a cause. We need to ask the question: “Why am I alive?”

B. Some of you may be thinking: You don’t know my circumstances Pastor. My life was so messed up. My parents were alcoholics, my past is dark.

C. You know what? You are a success story in the making. God sees your purpose. He sees your destiny. He wants you to make it.

D. But, without FIRST grabbing onto the cause of Christ, you will be nothing but frustrated.

E. It has been said that the purpose of life is to “Know God and to enjoy Him forever.” And although I do agree with that…I think it needs to go much further.

F. I believe that we are to Know God…Make Him Known…AND THEN…We Will Enjoy Him Forever!

God did not save us to make us comfortable, he saved us to make us comforters - Let’s comfort others by making Him known.

G. Stop and PRAY…For a Burden