Raise your hands if you have never read Rick Warrens' "The Purpose Driven Life".
If you are like me, you probably went through the church wide project known as "40 Days of Purpose" and read "The Purpose Driven Church".
It was supposed to help us realize that there is a purpose to this thing we like to call christian living. It was designed to help us know what our purpose as Christians really is.
A thought came to me just the other day....what if instead of always trying to find or remember what our purpose is in this life.....we choose to live our life on purpose?
What if we took God at His word and purposefully did what He has asked for us to do? (He laid it out for us in His word)
What if we chose to reach out and love someone?
What if we chose to share His gospel with someone?
What if we chose to pray for someone?
Are you following me here? Or am I way off base?
It seems to me that God gave us free will. We can choose to do what ever we want. We can choose what we eat. We can choose what we wear. We can choose to follow Him or even choose to love Him or not.
A friend of mine pastors a church in the Houston area that I believe gets it. He has stated that "we are not a church with a mission, but a church on a mission." I like that.
We can spend our life searching for purpose, or live our life on purpose!
What is your opinion?
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