Day Three: What Drives Your Life?

I observed that the basic motive for success is the driving force of envy and jealousy! Ecclesiastes 4:4 (LB)

Stuff That Stuck Out:

• 5 Common Circumstances, Values, & Emotions that Can Drive Your Life
• Many People are driven by guilt.
• We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.
• Many people are driven by resentment and anger.
• Resentment always hurts you more than it does the person you resent.
• Many people are driven by fear.
• Fear is a self-imposed prison that will keep you from becoming what God intends for you to be.
• Many people are driven by materialism.
• Possessions only provide temporary happiness.
• Self-worth and net worth are not the same.
  
• Many people are driven by the need for approval.
• Being controlled by the opinions of others is a guaranteed way to miss God's purposes for your life.
• Nothing matters more than knowing God's purposes for your life, and nothing can compensate for not knowing them -- not success, wealth, fame, or pleasure.

• The Benefits of Purpose-Driven Living
• Knowing your purpose gives meaning to your life.
• Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning.
• Hope is as essential to your life as air and water.
• Knowing your purpose simplifies your life.
• Without a clear purpose you have no foundation on which you base decisions, allocate your time, and use your resources.
• It is impossible to do everything people want you to do. You have just enough time to do God's will.
• Purpose-driven living leads to a simpler lifestyle and a saner schedule.
• Knowing your purpose focuses your life.
• You become effective by being selective.
• Without a clear purpose, you will keep changing directions, jobs, relationships, churches, or other externals -- hoping each change will settle the confusion or fill the emptiness in your heart.
• If you want your life to have impact, focus it!
• Knowing your purpose motivates your life.
• Purpose always produces passion. Nothing energizes like a clear purpose.
• Knowing your purpose prepares you for eternity.
• You weren't put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity.

Point To Ponder: Living on purpose is the path to peace.

Verse To Remember: "You, Lord, give perfect peace to those who keep their purpose firm and put their trust in you." Isaiah 26:3 (TEV)

Question To Consider: What would my family and friends say is the driving force of my life? What do I want it to be?