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Our Temporary Lives
Life is …
• Too short?
• Too boring?
• Too exciting?
• YOLO? (You Only Live Once)
Life is …
• Meaningless or meaningful?
• It all depends on YOU.
My Life
• Non-Christian family
• Criticized since young (fat, stupid,
horrible, waste of space)
• Useless and won’t be a benefit to the
society
My Life
• Accepted Christ when I was 14
• My life got WORST – persecution by
parents, relatives, countless ‘spiritual
attacks’, negative peer pressure by
friends
My Life
• Everything seemed to be falling to
pieces!
• My life was MEANINGLESS – I had no
aim in life, no goals, I didn’t know
what to do!
But let’s stop here…
• … before it becomes depressing.
Let’s talk about a movie
• The Terminal (2004)
Let’s talk about a movie
• About a guy who got stranded in an
airport (partially inspired by a true
story –Mehran Nasseri in Charles De
Gaulle Airport in Paris from 1988 –
2006)
Let’s talk about a movie
• The guy in the movie (Viktor) came from a
fictional country (Krakhozia) to America to
help complete his dead father’s jazz artists’
signature collection.
• When he arrived, his country went into civil
war and therefore his country is not
recognized by the airport scanners and
system.
Let’s talk about a movie
• So the airport authorities were faced with
an odd situation – to allow him to leave
the airport premises would be wrong as
he has no right to step outside due to his
country’s complications. Hence, they
allowed him to stay in the terminal.
Let’s talk about a movie
• Throughout the show, Viktor
managed to fight off various
temptations and traps to make him
leave the airport. He stayed until the
end and he finished his purpose of
coming to America.
Why this movie?
• The significance of this movie to our
lives is in the similar themes of the
movie to our lives.
A. Temporariness
B. Distractions
C. Purpose
Temporariness
• We are all thrown and will continually
be thrown into various temporary
places in our lives.
Education, work, location/address
etc.
Distractions
• We will all have various distractions
in our lives.
Priorities, desires, perspectives, etc.
Purpose
• We all have different purposes in
live.
Different careers, goals, aspirations
etc.
Life is Temporary
• So we fix our eyes not on what is
seen, but on what is unseen. For
what is seen is temporary, but what
is unseen is eternal. – 2 Corinthians
4:18
Life is Temporary
• For we know that if the earthly tent
we live in is destroyed, we have a
building from God, an eternal house
in heaven, not built by human hands
- 2 Corinthians 5:1
Life is Full of Distractions
• No temptation has overtaken you that is
not common to man. God is faithful, and
he will not let you be tempted beyond
your ability, but with the temptation he
will also provide the way of escape, that
you may be able to endure it - 1
Corinthians 10:13
Life is Full of Distractions
• Therefore do not be anxious about
tomorrow, for tomorrow will be
anxious for itself. Sufficient for the
day is its own trouble – Matthew 6:34
Life is Full of Purpose
• For I know the plans I have for you,
declares the Lord, plans for welfare
and not for evil, to give you a future
and a hope – Jeremiah 29:11
So why are we still unhappy?
• Temporariness = most of us prefer
permanency.
• Distractions = It is human nature to
be curious and to drop out of focus.
• Purpose = It blurs out our purpose in
our lives.
Life is Temporary, therefore…
• Make full use of your temporary state –
high school, college/university, work, etc.
Different friend circles as well.
Different phases of life will bring you to a
different ‘temporary’ state. Make it count.
Life is Full of Distractions, therefore…
• Recognize the good and bad; pros
and cons.
Different phases of life will bring you
a set of different distractions.
Life is Full of Purpose, therefore…
• Stay true to your temporary purposes
and your PERMANENT purpose.
Different phases of life will present
different purposes that is relevant to the
context – just make sure you’re not
lacking from your permanent purpose as
well.
To summarize…
• Trust in God no matter where you are. Your
temporariness will turn into permanency because it
contributes to your overall bigger plan in your life –
there is a purpose to where you’re put into.
• Trust in God for the right direction and guidance. Your
distractions are just a way to sharpen your purposes in
your temporary state and in life – nothing is too much
for you to handle.
Thank you
• Thank you and God bless you all.
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