Add Meaning to Your Life Permanently - Turning to the Creator

Moses did that. He realistically admitted: "In themselves the days of our years; and if because of special mightiness they are eighty years, Yet their insistence is on trouble and hurtful things." This realization did not make Moses gloomy or pessimistic; it helped him to appreciate the value of turning to our Creator.  Moses prayed: "Show us just how to count our days in such a way that we may bring a heart of wisdom in. Satisfy us in the morning with your loving-kindness, that we may cry out joyfully and may rejoice during all our days. And let the pleasantness of Jehovah our God prove to be upon us." -Psalm 90:10, 12, 14, 17. 

'Satisfied in the morning.' rejoicing during all our days.'  'God's pleasantness on us.'  Do not such phrases suggest that one has found meaning in life-meaning that escapes people in general?  We can take a major step in that direction by sensing our place before the Creator. In a way, the growing body of knowledge about the universe may help us, David asked:  "When I see your heavens, the works of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have prepared, what is moral man that you keep him in mind, and the son of earthling man that you take care of him?" -Psalm 8:3, 4.   

And we need to move beyond acknowledging that Jehovah created the sun, moon, and stars and then caused life to abound on earth with all its infrastructure.  (Nehemiah 9:6; Psalm 24:2; Isaiah 40:26; Jeremiah 10:10, 12)  As we saw earlier; Jehovah's unique name indicates that he is a God of purpose and is the only one who is able to carry out his will completely,.

Next time: Add Meaning to Your Life Permanently - Conclusion of Turing to the Creator

From the book: Is There a Creator That Cares About You?