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PURPOSE FOR LIVING

So we are always confident, even though we know that as long as we live in these bodies we are not at home with the Lord. That is why we live by believing and not by seeing. Yes, we are fully confident, and we would rather be away from these bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord. So our aim is to please him always, whether we are here in this body or away from this body. – 2 Corinthians 5:6-9 (NLT)

            Most people do not have any real purpose that they live for. They go through the motions of everyday life – eating, working, leisure, and so on, without any real regard for why they do what they do. Even Christians find themselves moving in some direction, but without any real destination in mind. And we find it quite impossible to lead others when we do not understand which route we are taking ourselves.

            God wants us to have a mindset that is focused on the future, yet productive in the present. We live in confident faith that every promise of God will come true. We see through the eyes of trust that our eternal homecoming is assured. Yet, while we are still here on this earth, we are given a purpose for living. Our eyes are not so focused on heaven that we forget our role here in this world. Both our temporal and eternal aim is to please God. That is it in a nutshell. Everything that we do or say is for the sole purpose of bringing pleasure to God.

PRAYER THOUGHT: Father, bring conviction to any area of my life that is not pleasing to You.