Sunday morning 11/9/2025 “The Search for Significance” Communion with Victor Barnes
Any pastor worth his while loves the people in his church. Consequently he wants them to live forever and the good things they do to have eternal consequences. This is the will of God and a good pastor has the heart of God for his people. That is the significance every Christian should be looking for. I could have entitled this chapter “The Search for Eternal Significance” because in the long run that’s all that matters – eternal significance. If it’s not eternal then you are only building sandcastles on the beach. Some of them can be very large and impressive sculptures, but in the end they will be washed away by the tides of time and vanish forever in the ocean of nothingness. You really want to build your life on the Rock and the things He has taught us. Eternal significance is what you’re searching for.
To have eternal significance you must give your life and labors to something eternal. The only thing eternal besides God Himself is what He is building, and that is the church. Jesus stated it very clearly. He said, “I will build My church and it will never die.” (Mt.16:18) To have eternal significance you must give your life and labors to something eternal. Jesus did that. What could be greater than sitting on the throne in heaven? Sitting on the throne in heaven with multitudes of redeemed people there with you. He gave Himself to die for them, something bigger than Himself. Please Read Phil.2:4-11.
There is a great need in every human heart for a sense of significance. To have that we must give ourselves to something bigger than ourselves. David did that when he faced Goliath. He left the mundane, the transitory concerns of day-to-day life in keeping his father’s sheep to join the battle against Israel’s enemies. Little did he know he would be launched into something much bigger than Goliath, himself and his family.
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