What Is Driving Your Life?

In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren (The Interview), Rick said, “People ask me what is the purpose of life? And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity.” Most of us live 60 to 100 years on earth, but we are going to spend an infinite number of years in eternity. Yes, our bodies will die one day but our souls will not.

Our earthly lives are just a preparation: God prepares us for His eternal plan. We were made by God and for God and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense. This is perhaps why we often hear grumbles about the dullness or emptiness of living. More often than not, life is filled with problems. The reason for this is that God is more interested in our character than our comfort. The bible clearly tells us that our life goal is to grow in character, in spirituality and in Christ likeness.

For this reason, our lives are intertwined with good and bad things. The important issue is: No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on; and no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for. You can focus on your purposes or you can focus on your problems.

If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness and will become overwhelmed by your problems and pains. One of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others. We need to ask ourselves, “Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity? Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's love and purposes for my life?”

Dear brothers and sisters, let us pray hard for God’s purposes for our lives and ask Him to empower and bless us to become living testimonies of His wonderful plan for each of us. Amen.