It is interesting to read the various estimates of the number of people who have lived and died in the history of the world. Whatever system is used and whatever the number of years that is used as the total number of years that people have lived on the earth, it is a large number, in the billions. Have you ever pondered on the fact that you are one person in the midst of billions of people? I think about it all the time. I am a self-aware person. I think, I talk to myself, I am aware, I pray to God, I believe that in the midst of all that is going on and has gone on, that God is intimately aware of who I am, that He loves me, has plans for my eternity, and has been working in my life shaping and forming me into a person being created in His image and likeness.

I am self-aware, but I have no sense of what is going on inside your soul. You are self-aware, but you cannot read my mind or have any idea who I really am on the inside, only God knows my heart. We are all a bunch of islands, as it were, living together, talking to each other, trying to understand each other, touching, kissing, and hugging each other in various degrees of intimacy. It all is a huge mystery, almost infinite.

In the midst of the sea of history, in this great ocean of humanity, here I am like a little cork bobbing around in the ocean, trying to make sense of it all, trying to feel some sense that I have purpose, value, and meaning. It is no wonder that as our world, which used to have some level of sense about what was going on, is unraveling, more people are becoming confused, disillusioned, terrified, and with no sense of purpose or hope for the future, just a number.

My anchor is the Bible. It is a history book of a tiny slice of the history of the world and humanity. But in that small sampling of the totality of life, it is clear that it is not random, by chance, or out of control. God, who is very real, wise, and mighty, is in total control, and I am a crucial part of His life and plans for the future. I know that without a doubt. It isn’t hard for any person who feels the lostness of life to find purpose and meaning in God. Any person who truly seeks diligently for Him will find Him.