Day one July 25, 2011

Thinking about my purpose

Point to ponder- It's not about me

Verse- "Everything got started in Him and finds its purpose in Him"

Col 1:16b

Question to consider: In spite of all the advertising around me, how can I remind myself that life is really about living for God, not myself?

I don't really understand what advertising has to do with knowing that my life is about living for God's will.  Unless it is talking about the need to attain things. Things are not important to me. What I want is no longer important to me. I have lived my life according to my wants, desires and whims and it got me nowhere.  It is easy to remember to live for God's will because my life is His and not mine.  Every morning I wake up and after reading my Bible (online), I pray and my prayer always starts out with thanks for freeing me from where I have been and then asking what He wants of me today.  Or I ask Him to guide me to what He wants for me.  

That is not to say that I don't still want certain things, but I am willing to accept that I may never get those things because God may not want them for me. I pray for the strength to go where He may want me to go and do what He may want me to do. Some times I feel like Jonah, I know God wants something of me,  but I fear what that may be. I fear I may not be able to live up to it. I just pray that I can...

"For everything comes from him and exists by his power and is intended for his glory. All glory to him forever! Amen." Romans 11:36 NLT