LIVE PURPOSEFULLY
“To be purposeful is to be thoughtful. To be
thoughtful is to be successful.”
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would
not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which
he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not
defile himself. (Daniel 1:8)
Those who live purposefully end meaningfully.
On the contrary, anyone who lives purposelessly will end uselessly. Look at the
life of the drug addict, the prostitute, the campus cultist, or the
armed-robber for instance - they live purposelessly, so they end uselessly.
Your aim in life, determines your end in life.
To get to the top in life, you must live with a sense of purpose. A wise man
said, “The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” Now, what does it mean to
have a sense of purpose? It means to calculate your steps, and weigh your
options, in all that you do in life. It means to think deeply through whatever
you do. Think deeply. It is the depth of your thoughts that determines the
depth of your life. Shallow thinking is the reason for shallow living.
When you see a man or woman whose life is
shallow, it simply means that their thoughts are shallow. Solid lives are
products of solid thoughts.
ASK QUESTIONS
When you live with a sense of purpose, you ask
questions:
1) Am I channeling my energy in life in the
right direction?
2) The people around me now, are they the best
for my life?
3) Is what I am doing with my time right now
the best use of my time?
4) Is what I am doing right now in the best
interest of my destiny?
5) Is what I am doing now, in the best
interest of my eternity?
Have a sense of purpose. Live a life of deep
thoughts.
When the prodigal son lived thoughtlessly, he
continued to suffer – eating with pigs. But the moment he began to think, he
began to shine.
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of
that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain
have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave
unto him. And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my
father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
I will arise and go to my father, and will say
unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more
worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he
arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father
saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him
(Luke 15:15-20).
To be purposeful is to be thoughtful. To be
thoughtful is to be successful. And to be thoughtless is to be useless!
You need to have a sense of purpose.
SEE YOU AT THE TOP.
