09/23/2026
The Meaning of Life
John Ogden Sr
September 23, 2026
“Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment” (Matthew 6:25, KJV)?
This scripture asks us: “Is life not more than meat?” I believe we are asked this question to make us think about the importance and meaning of life. The scriptures go on to remind us that our Heavenly Father is aware of even the sparrow that falls and that our confidence should be placed in God’s hands.
We, as Christians, realize that the meaning of life is to do the will of the Father. We are created on purpose and for a purpose, and that purpose is to allow Jesus to rule in our lives. We are to be His instruments to not only grow in grace and knowledge, but to point others to Him. If one were to live to be 150 years old, but miss the purpose for which he was created, he would have lived but missed the meaning of life.
In Matthew 6:25, God shifts our attention on life and away from what we eat, what we wear, and the things of the natural, so we can focus on the things of the spiritual. I find in my own life that it is easy to allow the things of the natural to overshadow God’s will in my life. This raises a question: Do we understand the meaning of life, and are we keeping the main thing the main thing?