Rick Warren says people ask him, “What is the purpose of life?” He responds, “In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were not made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in heaven. One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body, but not the end of me… This is the warm up act, the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity.”
“We are made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn’t going to make any sense. Life is a series of problems – Either you are in one now, you’re just coming out of one, or you’re getting ready to go into another one. The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort; God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy. We can be reasonably be happy here on earth, but that’s not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.”
Warren observes, “no matter how good things are in life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on. And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for…am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God’s purpose for my life?”
All life has ups and downs and some get stuck when there’s a bend in the road. Healing Codes applied over time can lead to a life of happy moments when we praise God; difficult moments, when we seek God; quiet moments, when we worship God; painful moments, when we trust God; and every moment, when we thank God. Its a life with purpose.