What does
expect of me? That is a very prominent question consistently on my mind.
Well...mostly consistently. You have undoubtedly asked the same question,
though you may have worded it differently. "What is God's purpose for my
life?" or "What is my path?" or maybe simply "What am I
supposed to do?"
It's a fair
question. And it's fair to ask God. I think He likes questions. We don't always
like His answers, but that is probably because His definition of
"answering" is rarely the same as ours. But I'm getting ahead of
myself.
According to the
Westminster Confession of Faith (written in 1646), the chief end (the purpose)
of humans is "to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever." So, one
could argue that God expects me to glorify Him and enjoy doing it. This raises
two questions.
1. Why should I
think that this document has anything to do with my life? (After all, this
isn't Scripture.)
2. If this
does still apply to me, what does it mean to glorify God and to enjoy Him
forever?
In answering
the first question I'm not going to give any history lessons about who wrote it
or why. That would probably be very interesting and useful, but I just don't
think it's necessary. If we are arguing whether or not this document is
Scriptural, let's just take a quick peek at the Bible.
