What’s God’s purpose in creating us as He has? Eternity in heaven, of course, but what about our life here while we await it. A common paradigm among Christians is the belief that God wants us to surrender our lives to him, receive the salvation he has freely provided by his atonement through the cross, and then live for him enjoying all the spiritual and material blessings he has bought and paid for, encompassed in his free gift of grace.  A wonderful life, certainly; one so easy to focus our minds on.

     But this view of God’s purpose results in setting our heart on a great life here with the expectation of eternal life later as some sort of fringe benefit. What’s wrong with that? The issue lies in the fact that it leads to an emphasis on blessings here and now—both spiritual and material—instead of what Jesus truly designed us for.

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