You are nothing.... now; be everything

I am nothing. You are nothing. We are here for no reason, and our lives make no difference. We evolved from nothing. We change nothing. There is not a thing in us or of us that is of worth or good background, and yet we must believe in ourselves. Believe… in what? If we came from nothing, and are virtually lawless and without purpose, what is there within ourselves to believe in? That we are nothing? This thought will not in any way produce any impetus to achieve, live, learn, love…

If we have indeed come to live for no main purpose, and (as many do) to die alone, ugly, miserable, and still without purpose, how are we to find any substantiality or depth in the command to look within ourselves to find that purpose? And also, we are told we can be good if only we search hard enough in our souls, when at the same time we are taught that we came from a lowly, stupid creature that has no soul and cannot know good from evil. How can we produce something from nothing? Are we to be expected to have the good in ourselves evolve, just as we are expected to believe we ourselves evolved?

We are not gods. We cannot create something out of nothing. Without a seed I cannot make a tree, because I do not have the power to create a seed by mere thought, out of thin air. Likewise, the idea that I can simply start being good without any seed of moral or righteousness already planted, is a ridiculous and shallow idea that does not hold weight under logical and sane reasoning. I cannot create purpose within myself if I was brought into being by and for no purpose.

If there is no potential, no promise, no starting place to begin with, I cannot build. We are taught that there is no foundation, and yet told to build. Build on what, you might ask? But I tell you there is a rock that has stood for all eternity, and continues to serve as a foundation and beginning for every being that has eyes to see it. There is a seed! There already is a beginning, a purpose; and the good news is that we are not responsible for creating it ourselves. We do not have to search endlessly for something that does not exist! We do not have to spend our lives struggling and fighting and blowing out our brains to believe something that is not true. There is a good and solid truth, faith and foundation already painstakingly laid by the blood of Someone infinitely more precious and good and full of purpose than we can ever be, even while standing on the strongest rock. Why do we choose to torment ourselves looking for something that does not exist, when the answer is right in front of us? This sickness of soul and lack of strength is not necessary to a good and purposeful life! Jesus said in Matthew 7:7 to "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find…" is not simply asking infinitely easier than trying to pull this superhuman, nonexistent power out of ourselves?

This precious, good, full of purpose, paid-in-full seed is all that it takes to lead a life of courage, peace, meaning and fulfillment. Have you been given this seed? Have you asked for it? If so, have you shared it? There is only one life of purpose, and that is a life washed white by the blood of Jesus Christ.

John 14:6

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Luke 6: 47-49

I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete."