Day 1 - Starting With God
Rick Warren writes that there are two options for finding our purpose:
Speculation and Revelation.
It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us. had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working outin everything and everyone. (Ephesians 1:11, The Message)
From these notes from Paul, Rick draws three insights:
1. You discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ.
2. God was thinking of you long before you ever thought about him.
3. The purpose of your life fits into a much larger, cosmic purpose that God has designed for eternity.
The question to consider today: “In spite of all the advertising around me, how can I remind myself that life is really about living for God, not myself?”
One of the phrases associated with The Highlander (Connor MacLeod and Duncan MacLeod in movies and TV series) is “There can be only one”. One of my prayers is “You are the One” - a reminder that God’s purpose is the agenda of my life, and not the other way round! Every now and then I use that prayer as a log on for the computer as I start work for the day.
