When the brothers thought Paul too divisive for the situation in Berea, they shipped him off to Athens to wait for his partners while they consolidated the teaching. Athens was a place where people loved to debate ideas. I don’t think they believed in much, but they loved to sit around and discuss.
One day they asked Paul to talk. Now, the exclusive formula for sermons up until that point was to argue from the Hebrew Scriptures about the coming Messiah, what the Messiah will do, how he’ll act, and by the way, a certain Jesus came to Judea and not only fulfilled the Scriptural vision of a Messiah, he was resurrected from death.
In front of the Athenians, this argument would not work. So, Paul argued from the point of view of Greek philosophy including quoting from Greek poets. So he started with God as the creator and humans as the central point of creation. Then he says something we should ponder. “…so that they would search for God, and perhaps grope for Him and find him….”
Have you ever thought about your purpose? Or, have you had something driving you for your entire life that you just can’t figure out? Maybe you have devoted your life to finding God.
That very human urge is what drove me to begin meditating over 40 years ago. When you stop your thoughts and actions and focus on God, you will find Him. It may not be quickly. And you may slide back into wondering where He went. But you will. And that is your life’s purpose.
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