For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
1 Corinthians 2:2
No one can find true meaning in life outside of the cross of Jesus Christ. Yes, life is meaningless or purposeless outside of Christ. Now, that is a strong statement and bear with me let me explain why? You see, the true meaning or purpose of the existence of human kind here on earth is more transcendental than many will like to admit. It goes beyond logic, it goes right into the purpose of our existence as humans on earth. Biblically, we are made in the image of God for the purpose of glorifying God. That is the manufacturer’s functional description of our purpose. Every other thing that comes with life is a luxury that is meant to help us perform that function better.
Just imagine this, the apostle Paul when he was among the Corinthian Christians – sought nothing among them except the message of the cross and the effect it had on the human race. One phrase to describe this feeling or mindset is – tunnel vision. Paul had a plan to ignore everything else that was not consequential to people’s salvation and concentrate on preaching Christ alone and him crucified. That is a man who knew his purpose – to do the work of the one that sent him – just like Jesus Christ his master.
You see, as Christians, at some point in our lives, we all committed to taking up the cross of Jesus because the yoke is easy and the burden light. We committed to serving the true king until we transition to be with him. However, life can happen to us very quickly and so sometimes we find ourselves seeking other things even more than we do seek to fulfil our primary purpose on earth. Hence why every Christian at some point in life made this claim just as Paul made. We know that the Christian life is that which is hinged on the cross. Because there can be no Christianity without the cross. And there can be no eternal life and true peace and meaning to life without Jesus and his cross.
Going back to the apostle Paul, he made the above claim because the central theme of Christianity is Jesus Christ and Him crucified. The message of the crucified saviour, Jesus is the most unique and bizarre concept in Christianity – the crucified messiah. Oh, that we may take up the cross and live the live with such tunnel vision as the apostle – so that we may recognise every other aspect of life as secondary to the message of the cross and it’s attendant responsibility that it places on us who believe. The responsibility of perfecting this awesome gesture of love in obedience to the word. The responsibility of going out there to make other disciples by sharing the word and our experience of how the word has transformed our lives.
Made Perfect In Weakness 