A couple months back, I walked into work and made my way back to my cube. On the way there, I bumped into one of the guys I work with, casually, I said, “Hey, how’s it going?” His response took me a little off-guard, “New day, same old [stuff].” I didn’t know how to respond, so I just walked back to my cube and sat down. I just sat there a second, thinking. There were two things I was really taken by. First, how true what he said was for him. Second, how untrue it was for me.

As a Christian, a few things in my thinking have been completely changed. One of the most prominent is that I have come to believe the simple truth that in all things there is meaning. Read a Psalm like 33, and it becomes overwhelmingly clear and God is ruler of all things. All things are, ultimately, in submission to Him. The Bible also makes very clear that God is loving. If these two things are true—that God is loving and powerful—there has to be meaning in everything. In His love, he couldn’t let random bad stuff happen; he couldn’t let random meaningless stuff to happen. It wouldn’t be loving. Now, there are bad things that happen and there are things that seem meaningless, but, the reality is that God works good out of all things—the “bad” and meaningless included (Rom 8:28).

Beyond being able to have this confidence that things have meaning, as a Christian, also, I have come to accept my God-given purpose here on the Earth. Jesus, before he ascended into heaven, commanded his followers to tell everyone in the world the truth that they could be forgiven of their sins if they would turn to Jesus and accept his forgiveness, not relying on their own works for salvation, but rather on the simple mercy of God.

This calling to spread good news that people can be saved is a very high one. It matters on Earth but it matters for all of eternity, as well. No job, mission, or cause other than this one has any effect after this existence. They are all foolishness when put up against eternity.

To me, having a mission that does matter beyond my own life and into eternity is thrilling. I can get up on a rainy day and go to a job that isn’t always super exciting and still be filled with joy and purpose knowing that I am living for something that truly matters.

1 Peter 1:13 says, “Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”

There is hope and there is purpose in life because Jesus Christ will come back and save those who are trusting in Him.