Looking For Love
& The Meaning Of
Life
By Dale V.
Nobbman
If you find
yourself
currently
looking for
either love or
the meaning of
life, it can
most certainly
be a daunting
task, but it
doesn't have to
be overwhelming
if you will just
prioritize your
search and first
focus on
connecting with
God...and if you
do that...then
true love and
the meaning of
your life will
soon fall into
place for you.
Those
people who
actually do
connect with God
and His Son,
Jesus Christ,
will find the
answers they are
seeking
regarding God's
love and life's
meaning, but
other people who
refuse to seek
God, or look for
Him in all the
wrong places,
will never find
true lasting
love or the
answer to the
meaning of life.
By
tweaking a
phrase from an
old George
Harrison song
'What Is Life',
it reads like
this: "What is
my life, without
(God's)
love...who am I,
without (God)?
The
answer to those
probing
questions is
that we are
'lost' without
God and His love
in our
life...and our
lives will
ultimately feel
meaningless and
loveless without
God...because
only God can
supply us with
satisfying love!
There is an old
hit country song
from many years
ago titled
'Lookin' For
Love'.
Some of
the words to
that song went
as follows: "I
was lookin' for
love in all the
wrong places,
lookin' for love
in too many
places."
Change
one word and it
becomes, "I was
lookin' for
(God) in all the
wrong places,
lookin' for
(God) in too
many places."
There are
millions and
millions of
'lost' people in
this world
searching for
the meaning
of life,
because their
own lives feel
so empty and
meaningless.
Those
same people will
go to great
lengths trying
to find
'anything' that
will help bring
meaning to their
lives, in part
by lookin' for
love in all the
wrong places,
and sometimes
even by lookin'
in too many
places for
'something' they
can turn into
their very own
'customized'
God-like thing
to idolize and
worship, often
in some twisted
and pathetic
way.
So where do
you look for
love to fill
that big empty
'hole' in your
life?
Is it
perhaps with the
'cheers' gang at
the local bar,
or in your
favorite bottle
of booze, maybe
a hookup on an
Internet dating
service, or by
scanning the 300
channels of
'trash' on your
boob-tube, and
maybe in
desperation you
even resort to
self-help books?
And where
do you look for
something
God-like to try
and fill that
'void' in your
life?
Do you
begin to worship
an inanimate
'idol' of some
sort, or maybe
you find some
intelligent or
charismatic
individual to
worship, or
perhaps you
affiliate
yourself with an
ideology that
makes you feel
important, or do
you simply turn
to the Internet
on your iPad or
iPhone to search
for God in all
the 'wrong and
too many'
places.
Some
people, namely
aetheists, have
even made their
doctrinal belief
in 'no God' the
very God of
their lives.
They
promote and
defend their God
named 'No God'
with a religious
passion and
fervor any
believer in our
Creator God
would do good to
emulate.
Regardless where
or how you
proceed with
your personal
quest to find
love or life's
answers, rest
assured, you are
not the only
person to ever
seek the meaning
of life.
On the
contrary, most
every person to
ever live has
pondered the
same thing at
some point in
their life,
including the
'wisest and
richest' man to
ever live, King
Solomon.
If you
wish to begin
your search for
the meaning of
life in the
only right
place, begin by
reading the
scriptures in
the Holy Bible,
which you will
find
fascinating,
intriguing,
enlightening and
illuminating,
and where you
will certainly
be able to
initially relate
to the biblical
book of
Ecclesiastes.
King
Solomon recorded
all his thoughts
and conclusions
regarding the
'meaning of
life' in that
book of the
Bible.
Have you
ever even
considered
reading the
Bible before you
judge, criticize
and condemn it,
simply by
believing what
others (who have
never read it)
have to say
about it?
Take
some time to
read
Ecclesiastes and
see if you come
to the same
conclusions as
Solomon, who by
the way was the
son of King
David, and I'm
sure you've all
heard of David
(and Goliath.)
Outside
of the Godly
wisdom you will
find in the
Bible, every
search for love
and the meaning
of life will
always result in
an exercise of
futility, until
a person finally
seeks the one
true God, the
source of all
love, because
after all...God
is love!
By opening the
Bible and
reading it, you
will learn all
about God's
amazing love for
each of us.
So stop
lookin' for
God's love in
all the wrong
places and curl
up with a good
book, no not
Facebook, but
'thee' good
book, the Bible,
to learn about
God, true love,
and the meaning
of life you are
seeking.
You will
be
surprised...by
reading and
'believing' the
Gospel message,
and discovering
God's 'grace' in
your life...just
how much it will
free you from
the weight of
your sins, which
currently have
you held in
'bondage',
resulting in
your fruitless
search for the
meaning of life
in your own
life.
The
Apostle John
wrote, "Let
us love one
another, for
love is from
God; and every
one who loves is
born of God and
knows God.
The one
who does not
love does not
know God, for
God is love.
By this
the love of God
was manifested
in us, that God
has sent His
only begotten
Son into the
world so that we
might live
through Him.
In this
is love, not
that we loved
God, but that He
(first) loved us
and sent His Son
to be the
atonement for
our sins.
If God so
loved us, we
also ought to
love one
another.
No one
has beheld God
at any time; if
we love one
another, God
abides in us,
and His love is
perfected in us.
By this
we know that we
abide in Him and
He in us,
because He has
given us of His
Spirit.
And we
have beheld and
bear witness
that the Father
has sent the Son
to be the Savior
of the world.
Whoever
confesses that
Jesus is the Son
of God, God
abides in him,
and he in God."
(1
John 4:7-15)
Why not become a
Christian
today?
Simply
state "Lord
Jesus, I believe
You died for my
sins and I ask
your
forgiveness.
I receive
You now as my
personal Savior
and invite You,
as my Lord, to
manage my life
from this day
forward.
Amen."
The
Apostle Paul
once wrote,
"The grace of
our Lord was
more than
abundant, with
the faith and
love which are
found in Christ
Jesus.
It is a
trustworthy
statement,
deserving full
acceptance, that
Christ Jesus
came into the
world to save
sinners."
(1
Timothy 1:14-15)
And if we
let the Lord
manage our
lives...each one
of us will
ultimately find
the meaning of
our life.
"One
thing I do,
forgetting those
things which are
behind and
reaching forward
to those things
which are ahead,
I press toward
the goal for the
prize of the
upward call of
God in Christ
Jesus."
(Philippians
3:13-14)
This article is
intended to
reach out to
that certain
percentage of
unsaved people
who are still
actually 'open'
to changing
their current
lives for the
better in these
'last days' by
establishing a
personal
relationship
with Jesus
Christ, which by
doing so will
provide for you
an everlasting
life in Heaven,
when our earthly
life is over and
done.
Unfortunately,
there is a high
percentage of
the world's
population
today, which
sadly includes
way too many
Americans, who
are now simply
content to
'wallow' in
Satan's 'muck'
and have
absolutely no
desire to learn
anything about
God the Father,
or God the Son
(Jesus Christ),
because they
just don't
believe anything
stated in the
Bible is literal
and factual
truth.
Satan has
convinced them
that the Bible
is not the
actual 'Word of
God', but just
another book of
fiction filled
with
manufactured
stories and
tales.
But if
those
'unbelieving'
people
ignorantly
believe the
Bible is just a
big book of
fictional
stories, isn't
it amazing how
so many of those
people can get
raging mad or
offended at the
mere mention of
the name Jesus
Christ, who they
insist either
didn't exist at
all, or was just
a man and not
the Son of God,
and who was just
another in a
long string of
good human
teachers!
Isn't it
strangely
interesting how
a purportedly
'fictional'
character can
get 'unsaved'
people so riled
up???
Well, it
just goes to
show how the
mere mention of
the name, Jesus
Christ,
'convicts' even
the evil hearts
of the very
people who deny
Him, similar to
how His presence
or Holy Spirit
strikes fear in
demons within
demon possessed
people.
"The
demons also
believe (in
Jesus Christ,
the Holy One of
God), and
shudder."
(James 2:19)
The Apostle Paul
wrote, "The
goal of our
instruction is
love from a
pure heart and a
good conscience
and a sincere
faith, for
some men,
straying from
these things,
have turned
aside to
fruitless
discussion,
wanting to be
teachers of the
Law, even though
they do not
understand
either what they
are saying or
the matters
about which they
make confident
assertions.
But we
know that the
Law is good, if
one uses it
lawfully,
realizing the
fact that law is
not made for a
righteous man,
but for those
who are lawless
and rebellious,
for the ungodly
and sinners, for
the unholy and
profane, for
those who kill
their fathers or
mothers, for
murderers and
immoral men and
homosexuals and
kidnappers and
liars and
perjurers, and
whatever else is
contrary to
sound teaching,
according to the
glorious gospel
of (our) blessed
God."
(1
Timothy 1:5-11)
It is urgently
important that
you connect with
God today,
because the 'end
of the church
age' is rapidly
coming upon
us...and we need
to heed the
warning words of
Jesus as found
in the biblical
book of Matthew,
when He was
telling His
disciples about
the 'signs'
concerning the
end of the age.
Jesus
told them,
"See to it that
no one misleads
you, for many
will come in My
name, saying, 'I
am the Christ,'
and will mislead
many...and many
false prophets
will arise, and
will mislead
many...and
because
lawlessness is
increased, most
people's love
will grow cold,
but the one who
endures to the
end will be
saved."
(Matt.
24:4-5,11-13)
To cite just
one example
of what Jesus
was referring to
in the
scriptures found
in Matthew...we
don't have to
look any further
than our own
American media
coverage and
it's almost
'religious like
worship' of
President Obama.
Tune into
any of the
mainstream media
broadcast
stations or read
most any liberal
articles or
magazines and
you will find
the 'false
prophets' of
journalism speak
in 'chilling'
terms about
Obama being such
things
as...America's
Messiah...The
Second
Coming...He is
the One...He's
standing above
the country,
above the world,
He's sort of
God...and even
references to
Obama as being
the...God of all
things!
And isn't
it interesting
that Obama never
'refutes' anyone
for making such
'blasphemous'
statements about
him.
Mmmm!!!
This is a
prime example of
what sure sounds
like one of the
disturbing
warning signs
Jesus told us to
watch out for at
the end of the
age.
For
additional signs
that our world
is 'rapidly'
closing in on
the
'Tribulation'
period, read the
daily news
articles posted
on the Rapture
Ready website to
stay informed of
what is
happening
'everywhere'
from a Christian
perspective.
We must
stay 'grounded'
in the Word of
God by reading
our Bibles, so
as to prevent
false Christ's
and false
prophets from
misleading us in
this current day
and age, before
the coming
'Rapture' and
Tribulation
Period.
In conclusion,
guard against
your 'love
growing cold' as
Jesus warned
would happen to
'most' people at
the end of the
age, but instead
pursue God's
love, put on
love and let the
peace of Christ
rule in your
hearts during
troubled times,
keeping
yourselves in
the love of God,
waiting
anxiously for
the mercy of our
Lord Jesus
Christ to
eternal life.
"For God so
loved the world,
that He gave His
only begotten
Son, that
whoever believes
in Him should
not perish, but
have eternal
life." (John
3:16)