Purpose

Why are we here? What is our purpose? For ages, people have written, discussed, and philosophized over these questions with myriad answers. As we continue to look at John 1, we come across the Word, or the Logos. But what exactly is this Logos? What does it have to do with my purpose? Aren't I free to look within myself and decide my own purpose? The Bible is clear that God has a plan for us. He created us and has given us our purpose; He serves as the outside, objective source of ultimate truth that is meant to guide our lives and squelch our tendency to want to choose our own path based on emotion. And in spite of our sinful desire to overthrow His reign, He has graciously loved us by sending the Logos in the form of a person, the Lord Jesus Christ, to save us when we do not deserve it - the greatest Christmas gift one could ever hope for.