whats the point in it all?

[Rhabbi]

whats the point in it all?

I know that there are those who would disagree with me here, but we all have a purpose. That purpose is a bit complicated to explain, espaecially in a single post.

We are in a battle. People have heard that before from those, like me, who are Christians. I have come to the conclusion that this is simplistic and does not cover the truth.

We are not in a battle, we are the battlefield. Each day of our lives we are faced with a decision between two things that bring blessings and curses, life and death

This choice actually affects us in our daily life, as well as our eternal one. Part of the reason we somtimes wonder why we are here and what the point of everything is that we can percieve this battle. I am not trying to be meta-physical here, but the languge to explain this doesa not exist outside meta-physics.

When the battle becomes particularly intense we can sometimes sense it. We than wonder why we are feeling the way you are.

I wonder, if we could truly see the state of our lives in a spiritual sense, what would we see? Imagine what a battlefield looks like after a battle here on earth. We have all seen this in movies, or even the evening news.

So, what makes the battle more intense from time to time? The Bible tells us 2 things, that no one can come to the Father unless the Father draws him, and that God does wish that any should perish, but that all come to eternal life, we can see that there is always a drawing from Jehovah God to bring us into an awareness of Him and the saving grace of His Son.

A side note here, the word draw in the Greek implies work on the part of the person doing the drawing. It is the same word that is used in the context of a fisherman pulling in his catch, or drawing up his net. This is a struggle on the part of Jehovah God, not because it is hard for Him to draw us away from sin, but because we are so ready to dive pack into the water, no matter how dirty it might be.