One of the most unsettling experiences in life is getting what you wanted — and discovering that it still isn’t enough.

Leo Tolstoy reached extraordinary heights of wealth, fame, and literary achievement. Yet in the middle of his success, he found himself confronting questions his accomplishments could not answer:

Why am I here? What will remain after I die? What makes any of this matter?

Psalm 90 speaks directly to those questions.

In this episode, Scott Sauls explores three truths about a meaningful life: our lives belong to a story larger than ourselves, our deepest worth rests in a love we don’t have to earn, and our work matters because God — not the world’s recognition — is the one who ultimately establishes it.

Achievement isn’t the enemy by any means. But it makes a terrible substitute for love, identity, and meaning.

In Christ, we don’t work our way into the love of God. We work from the love of God. That frees us to pursue excellence without asking our accomplishments to prove that we matter — and to discover that some of life’s most meaningful work may be the ordinary faithfulness directly in front of us.

Scripture: Psalm 90

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