Jesus is Glorious

This was originally a response to the first comment on the previous post, but it got pretty long so I made it a new post. Now to the response:

God's not asking you to know that He exists. He's asking you to believe in Him. Belief is much more than knowledge. It says "God, I can't see you and I can't prove your existence, but I have faith you're there. I have faith that I will see you after I die on this earth. I trust you". So you ask, how is that possible? How do we get that belief?

First we'll start with why we don't believe:

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those are are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers, to keep them them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
2 Corinthians 4:3-4


That's a pretty heavy couple of verses, so we'll break them down.

First, Paul's pointing out that the gospel is veiled to those who are perishing. He's mentioning that, as in your case, many hear the gospel and don't believe. On one hand, you don't believe because you are sinful and at enmity with God. Left in your state of unbelief, you will perish in hell. But, as Paul points out in the second sentence, there's more than just yourself keeping you from believing. The god of this world (i.e. Satan) blinds your mind from believing. More to the point, Satan wants you to perish, so he wants you to reject Christ.

Which brings me to the glorious Truth that I pray reaches your heart. You ask, "how do we know God exists?" and, "I want meaning in life, but does meaning really exist in life?" It's fantastic that you're asking these questions because they both ultimately lead to the same answer: Jesus Christ. How?

First, left to ourselves, we're going to doubt that God exists. We can search all we want through culture, science, literature, philosophy, and comparative religion, but we'll still come up short of authentic belief in God. He has to give us a new heart and a new mind to believe (1 Corinthians 2:14-16). That's where Jesus comes in:

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2 Corinthians 5:17

When you behold and trust Christ for who He is (God as a man, perfect in every way, he suffered and died in your place, and then rose from the dead), God makes a new creation out of you. In this, God enables you to believe that He is real. When you trust Christ, God washes you clean of your sin and lifts the blinders that Satan has put on your mind. Then you can enjoy God for who He is!

In this enjoyment, you find the meaning of life: worshiping your Maker. God made you not for yourself, but for His glory. When you don't believe in God through Christ, you end up placing your God-given desire for worship towards something less (another faith, sex, success, money, family, friends, drunkenness, etc). That's why life's been so unsatisfying and meaningless for you.

So, as Paul pleaded: [I] impore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God (2 Corinthians 5:20). Trust Jesus as your Savior, Lord, and God. Then you will not only know that God exists, but you will know your God personally. He will give you the meaning you're looking for because He made you. And this will reach its culmination when your faith becomes sight and you meet Him face to face in heaven =D

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free
John 8:32

P.S. If you're looking for somewhere to read in the Bible, I'd read the gospel of John. Find out who Jesus is.