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Re-Think Your Purpose In Life

by Gale Wilcox
03/04/15
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Living in luxury and in excessive indulgence of freedom is the ultimate purpose of life for many people. Their minds are set on nothing else, and nobody else, other than making it their business to getting more than they need to serve the desires of their natural man, and to prolong the means of their excessive indulgence.

This should not be the mind of a believer in Christ. We should not make it an ultimate purpose of life to making provisions for the gratification of the flesh. It is right, and it is the Christian's duty to labor for the provision of the necessities of life, but not to gratify the flesh, as if it was the sole purpose of life. Believers of Christ are to be a separate distinguished nation of people, who are influenced by a higher and purer desire than that of the natural man, who serves his sensual gratification.

If you a spending your time and energy to serve your flesh, now more than ever is the time to re-think your purpose in life. While time is at hand, and our salvation is nearer than when we first believed, pleasing your flesh should not be the ultimate purpose of your life here in this world, especially since we do not know how much time we have left in this world.

"Since you were risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on things on the earth" (Colossians 3:1). Use your time and energy to secure the inheritance that is waiting for you in the heavenly world, and make no provision for the flesh. The way to do this is to "put on the Lord Jesus Christ," be clothed with His spirit, and then follow after His example.

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