A Trinity Of Questions

March 30, 2011 by Sal Termini.

We are called to ask three questions of ourselves. This trinity of concepts about human life can make a big difference in our happiness present and future.

Who am I?
What will I become?
What is my destiny?

Who am I?
We all need some sense of identity and belonging. Everyone joins with some group, part of society or culture that they identify with. It is natural and spiritual for us to find people we can agree with. Our core call or first identification SHOULD BE to first identify ourselves as people of God. God has purposes that will stretch into eternity. Society, culture, and groups of people will change and even cease to exist because they are based upon human reasoning which is finite and their thinking is corrupted by sin. We need to identify ourselves with the infinite wisdom in the mind of God and His eternal purposes. We must identify with God’s values which will last forever regardless of cultural, political, or societal influences. In effect we must be eternity minded. We are too earthly minded and limited to a human perspective of time which is short and myopic. You must choose at some point to become a child of God with all its responsibility and passion. Then you will find out who you are, someone God has created to be in His image and likeness.

Jn 1:12-13 ESV: But to all who did receive him, (Jesus) who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

What will I become?
Life is always changing. The real purpose to life is to be transformed daily into our best selves. The ultimate purpose of our existence is to be made in the image and likeness of God. I like the word “made.” It reflects a personal effort, a cooperation with the creative power of God through His word. Godly character expresses itself in dominion. We are constantly being called to become better no matter what sphere of life you operate in. We are called to have dominion to rule over negative and evil forces that want to conquer us. Our core value must be to become a better person or we will not have the strength to do so. We need to see someone who reflects the goodness we are aspiring to. The example of selfless love and perfect character is clearly seen in Jesus Christ. We need heroes who have lived life and succeeded in being better people. In essence everyday we should seek to become more like God. Jesus Christ is God in human flesh. He came to be our example. He is perfect, and perfection is what we must shoot for. Jesus taught us to be perfect even as our Father in heaven is perfect. Perfection comes when we truly love what we want to become. The only way to achieve perfection is to love the goal. The goal then becomes life itself, the purpose we are living for.

What is my destiny?
There is an eternal destiny we must all think about. We think about eternity like health or life insurance, something we only need with dread in the future. If we have living faith we already possess eternity. We already possess the spiritual strength needed to fulfill our destiny. The seeds of becoming like God and living in dominion are in us if the Spirit of Christ lives in us. The Bible teaches the Holy Spirit in us is the down payment for the full image of God coming into power and reality in our lives. Embrace this eternal truth as the most important part of your life and destiny. The Bible teaches if God be for us, how can we fail. Who or what can be against us to defeat us with God on our side. Don’t put eternal things off because life is preparation for eternity. We cannot live believing that death or the reality of an afterlife does not exist. This trinity of introspection will bring us to a place were we ask ourselves, is there an eternal destiny and how do I fit into that?

Answer the big questions of life.
When we answer the big questions about life, the little things seem to work out better. Don’t be afraid of change. Don’t fear the challenge of becoming a better person that true relationship with God through Christ affords. Don’t fear death, it is only transition. We are children of God in the process of becoming more like him in every way. This is our eternal quest, destiny, purpose, and what we must become. We were created to be eternal. Eternal is not just living longer it is living better, fully engaged at being our best selves.

Some people say to me that trying to become like God is too hard. God is perfect and I am not. Now we are finally getting to the heart of the matter. God will help you become more like Him. The purpose of your existence is to become more like God and if you let Him, He will help you achieve this lofty goal. Identify with Him and you enter an eternal joy-filled friendship with Him. The reason Jesus came is because we cannot do it on our own; we need Him in Spirit and truth to be transformed.

-Sal Termini

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