What is the purpose of life and creation? Ask any secular person, and their answers are always about establishing a career, wealth, family, a legacy, and everything this world has. There is no definitive secular answer to this question. It’s always a mystery and different among cultures and people. The reason this answer is so unclear and obscure among the world is because the answer isn’t secular at all but found in Christ. The purpose of life is to have a relationship with God. It’s the reason He created mankind. It’s the reason He loves us. It’s the reason He gave up His own Son for us. Without this purpose, life is meaningless, worthless, and wouldn’t even exist. Yet even among the Body of Christ, the purpose of life, which is the very reason and sole drive for the lives we all live, is so commonly disregarded and put to the side.
“For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight – if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.” – Colossians 1:19-23.
What is the number one interest in God’s heart? To reconcile and adopt people into His kingdom. It is why we are on this earth rather than at home with the Lord. It is why He sent Jesus on the cross so that we could have the ability to be reconciled to Him. Creation itself started with Adam and Eve, so that God would walk and talk with them. That ended because of Adam’s sin. This created the boundary and wall that separated mankind from God. He was righteous, we were unrighteous. Mankind fell apart in sin to the point where God flooded the earth, but He kept Noah and his family because Noah loved the Lord. Then God made a covenant with Abraham and promised that the seed, which is Christ, would come through his lineage. It is there that through Abraham, through Isaac, and to Jacob that God established Israel, renaming Jacob to Israel. Thus, the 12 tribes of the 12 sons were born. Then in Egypt, God delivered them using Moses to lead and guide them. Then it was made clear with the law, rules, and commandments that were required to be righteous, but no one was able to keep them, revealing that mankind needed someone… a savior. Then through it all, the conquering of the promised land, the establishment of Israel, the dividing of the kingdom, the exiling of God’s people, to where God sent Jesus to walk this earth for a brief time showing people what life is really about and giving up His own life on that cross shedding His blood to break this wall, this boundary. It was there that everything changed. The veil, which was a piece of thick fabric that stood extremely tall in the temple, was torn straight down the middle. Behind that veil was a place, the holy of holies, where the high priest could enter once a year for atonement. That veil that separated mankind and God was torn open. This symbolized something great. Ever since Adam’s sin, God could not walk with us as He originally designed because His righteousness cannot walk with sin, of which we were full of. But that veil was torn open, for Christ became that mediator so that through Him, we could now have that relationship with God and walk with Him through Christ. For once, we were full of sin, but our sin was atoned for by the blood of Christ, giving us the ability to come into His presence. He made the way for us to have this eternal life of relationship with God. So, look back through time all the way to the very beginning, and you will see how God has set this ultimate plan of love for Christ to come to redeem us to a place of reconciliation and adoption into God’s family. He has gone to such great lengths as far as the east is to the west just to establish this relationship. Now here we stand, given this choice to follow Him after everything He has done to reach us; all we have to do is simply grab and run with Him.
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.” – Matthew 24:25.
God is eternal, and everything here on this earth will eventually pass away. This is why we must remain focused on this relationship because relationships don’t stop growing. What will be after this life on this earth? Not anything you own but only Christ and His Kingdom. So overall, think back on what God has done to bridge the gap and reach us. It is magnificent to just think that God would care that much about us. This is eternal life, to walk with Christ forever and ever.

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Update on Devotionals:
Devotionals have been inconsistent here recently due to life being extremely busy. Devotionals will continue to be uploaded and hopefully a bit more consistent in the near future. As for now, the goal is still one devotional per week, but it may take 2-3 weeks. Thank you, and have a blessed rest of your day!