Are You Blind to Life's Purpose?

By Daxx Bondoc

Many people have no direction in life. It is not that they are still, but they are moving aimlessly. They have no sense of direction because they live in darkness. In the dark, you cannot tell north from south, east from west. One is lost in the dark.

In the dark, one trip, tumbles, and even get hurt.

Physical blindness is bad, but spiritual blindness is worse.
Physical blindness may limit your body, but not your spirit. Spiritual blindness limits both your body and soul. If you are spiritually blind, chances are your body headed the wrong way. It might be headed to the Road of Perdition. “It is better for you to enter life with one eye (or no eyes at all) than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.” says Jesus.

So how do we stop being blind from the purpose of our life?

Listen to the One Who said “I have come that you may have life and have it abundantly.”

Jesus is the one who will deliver us from our blindness. He is not only the Healer that will regain our sight, and therefore our purpose, but He is the Light Himself. Jesus does not only heal us, but also enlighten us. He will take us from darkness to His Own Marvelous Light.

So how does Jesus enlighten us to see the purpose of our life?

Well, Jesus is not only the Healer and the Light, but He is also the Way. In Christ we shall find the fullness of our humanity. His life IS the way.

Jesus is also the Truth. In Him all Truth exists. The more we draw closer to the Truth, the more we shall find the truth about ourselves, our purpose.

Last of all, Jesus leads us to the purpose of our life, which is loving union with Him. Our life is not just a random series of events, but a journey towards God. At the end of our life, it will be about one thing, God. Jesus is Life itself. We exist for Him. “For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.” says St Paul.

Apart from Jesus, we cannot see and understand our life’s purpose. Apart from Him, finding life’s meaning is like “shooting in the dark”.

To be delivered from darkness we need to receive Healing and to live in the Light. One also needs the Grace to remain in the Light and not go back to the darkness. We need Jesus Himself to find the Way and the Truth of our life’s purpose. He must live in us as we live in Him. When we receive Him in the Most Holy Eucharist, Jesus Himself enters our very being, body and soul. And all the Light and Truth in the universe enters us. From within, Jesus shall heal us and bring us to light.

When Truth lives in us, that Truth shall shed Light to our life. And in the Light of Christ, we shall discover our purpose. Christ reveals man fully to himself.

How much darkness can you endure? How much pain and confusion shall we needlessly suffer as we tumble in the dark?

Seek the Light.

He is waiting.