Wesley Huff

It's a matter of what we worship.

And worship, if worship is giving our all to something, I think...

There's a lot of things within society that are going to tell us that our identity is going to be fulfilled in money or it's going to be fulfilled in relationships or accolades or all of these aspects are ultimately going to fall short in giving us actual purpose and meaning.

And if they're not grounded in actually giving us value, right?

Your friend is, as far as I understand, is a good example of that, right?

You know, we can achieve all of these things.

You hear athletes and actors and famous people talk about all the wealth, all the like celebrity status they could possibly desire and could be completely empty, be completely fulfilled-less.

And I think that's because...

We're chasing after things that aren't going to give us what we actually need, right?

They're facsimiles and cheap reproductions of what actually can give us meaning and purpose.

And that's because we are created to be in relationship with our God.

And that is where we will find our true identity.

That's what's going to give us the motivation to actually get up in the morning.

Like your friend, you saying, you know, you couldn't get up in the morning.

he finds not just a motivational value in the Christian faith.

He finds actually meaning and purpose in the Christian faith.

That getting up in the morning has a purpose that goes beyond the here and the now.

And that can affect all of the people around him.

And now he can pursue his entrepreneurial activities or his relationships or even his finances for the glory of God.

And then that gives it an ontological meaning that goes beyond the simple basics of kind of what secular materialism has to offer.