Life, the Universe, and Everything

 I just came back from seeing "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" along with my daughter. Having seen the original back in my childhood, I had forgotten so much of the existentialist philosophy that marked the story. Although the movie was quite entertaining, it did bring with it an emptiness, it was like expericing  a vacuum of godlessness; it was like living life without Jesus. Meaningless.

The Book of Ecclesiastes covers one man's quest to know the purpose behind Life, the Universe, and Everything. That purpose is Jesus. Of course, that phrase made famous by Doug Adams and his book series offers little to explain our true purpose here. Man apart from God cannot explain our purpose. How can the created explain the thoughts and heart of the creator?

My hope is in the Beloved. I cannot look at the world around me and see anything but the perfect work of God and the corrupted work of man. I just cannot see how one could come to any other conclusion.

I explained to my daughter, what if I died from a heart attack? What if as I died, there was somebody next to me who knew CPR? And what if it turned out that this person knew CPR, but decided to do nothing, because they didn't believe in the CPR that they knew? How tragic would that be? I told her so it is with those who have heard of Jesus, yet refuse to believe in Jesus. To possess the truth, and to let it slip away, that is true tragedy.

The movie? It was entertaining. But then, if I were to look at the movie as one who was truly seeking the meaning of life, and all I got was that, I'd be just as lost and empty as when I started.

Jesus is God. Jesus is life. Jesus is Lord. For me, that is the end of the quest for the purpose behind life, the universe, and everything. You want to believe otherwise, go for it. We'll see who wins in the end.