This is a response to a friend's sharing of how she intends to spend time to search for direction in life.
What are we to do with our lives comes from the deeper question of 'Who we are', our identity. Who we are determines what we do. A farmers grows crops while a doctor treats patients. There is a danger however in finding our identity in a job because jobs are not permanent. A doctor who loses his job will feel sad, but that does not mean he has got nothing to do in his live anymore. Our identity ultimately also cannot be found in the earthly names given to us. 'Andrew' will not provide the ultimate guidance for my life.
'Who we are' can ONLY be answered by FIRST answering the more important question of 'Whose we are'. This question will likely stir up negative responses in many people. 'WHAT! How can you say I belong to someone! I belong to myself! No one owns me, I am in control of my own life!' The human nature is such that we want to be in the center of our own lives. But is this the truth? The Christian truth teaches that God created us and we belong to Him. It would be interesting to research if other faith reveals a God who created them. Yes, we were brought into this earth through our mother's womb, but who created everything? There are many scientific evidence showing how life is unimaginably possible. If earth were a little closer or further from the sun, earth would be too warm or cold for any life to exist. The human body is the world's greatest wonder, the way it functions, it heals and its capability. Did all these happen by evolution, by chance or did a greater being created us all. Oh yes, and don't forget to take a look at the mountains....
So, the question to my dear friend would be, 'Do you believe that God created you?' or do you truly believe that you evolved from monkeys?
