Do you believe those signs?

Do you see the signs, read the advertisements, or hear the chants of our culture proclaiming 

   I can do "anything" if I work hard enough!  

Although I don’t believe for a minute that those words are always true, let’s pretend they are.  But maybe before doing whatever the “anything” is, we should be asking…

What truly is my purpose?
Why am I here?
Why am I me?
And if that is not clear -

Let’s think thoughts together, beginning with life.
Consider creation.
Consider relations.
Consider our loved ones’ comfort and strife.

Consider our maker, the God of it all,
the one who created the big and the small.
Ask why He designed us
and caused us to be.
Ask why, and reflect then, 
Why am I me?

I am convinced that the Bible tells us the answer to mankind’s purpose on this earth.  And to be more explicit, it tells me what my purpose is on this earth, and in this life.  

God’s word explains it.

Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.  Ecclesiastes 12:13 ESV

O nations of the world, recognize the Lord,
recognize that the Lord is glorious and strong.
Give to the Lord the glory he deserves!
Bring your offering and come into his presence.
Worship the Lord in all his holy splendor.  
1 Chronicles 16:28–29 NLT

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.  
This is the great and first commandment.  
And the second is like it:  You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 21:37-39 (NIV)

So let’s align our lives to God’s will, 
and we may accomplish much 
with His help
and for His glory.

Know that 
the only reason we can think about God
is because he is thinking about us.