In Psalms, chapter one hundred and thirty-nine, verse sixteen, God does not bring us into life without a purpose. The statement about the days ordained for us refers to our allotted time on earth: Generally seventy to eighty years, as in Psalms ninety, verse ten, “The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength, they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off and we fly away.” Although one may die before their time, as in Psalms fifty-five, verse twenty-three, Job twenty-two, verse sixteen, Proverbs ten, verse twenty-seven, and Ecclesiastes seven, verse seventeen, respectively.
The time mentioned in this psalm refers to God’s plan for our lives. In His plan, He is “not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance, as in Second Peter three, verse nine, and First Timothy two, verse four. Therefore, God intends us to accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior and fulfill His will in a life of service to Him.
Everyone who is born in this life does have a purpose. However, it will take an individual effort to know what that purpose is from God. Some people will pursue short-term and long-term goals, but there is much more than that. Why is it that many who persist and achieve these intentions still have personal issues and experience unhappiness in their life?
For example, many desire to be rich and find various means to obtain that goal. However, those same people live lives far worse immorally than when they were not rich. The wealthy do things that oppose God and His righteousness and hurt more people instead of helping. Why would a person, being so rich, would experience these kinds of problems in life?