YOUR MIND “What Drives Your Life?” part 1

YOUR MIND

“What Drives Your Life?” part 1

Everyone’s life is driven by something. Drive; “to guide, control, or to direct.” Whether you are driving a car, nail, or a golf ball, you are guiding, controlling and directing it at that moment. What is the driving force in your life? Right now you may be driven by a problem, pressure, or a deadline etc. You may be driven by a painful memory a haunting fear, or an unconscious belief. There are many circumstances, values and emotions that can drive your life. Here are some common things that drive one’s life 1. Many people are driven by guilt. They spend their entire lives running away from regrets and hiding their shame. People who are driven by guilt are manipulated by memories of the past, they allow their past to control their future, and they often unconsciously punish themselves by sabotaging their own success. When Cain sinned, his guilt disconnected him from God’s presence, and God said, “You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.” That describes most people today, wondering through life without a purpose.

We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it. God’s purpose is not limited by your past he turned a murderer (Moses) into a leader and a coward (Gideon) into a courageous hero, and he can do amazing things into your life too. God forgives you and he is giving you a fresh start, the bible says “That God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he ha committed to us the message of reconciliation.(1st Corinthians 5:19).” , “blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven whose sins are covered.
(Psalm 32:1)”

2. Many people are driven by resentment and anger. They hold on to hurts and never get over them. Instead of releasing their pain through forgiveness, they think of it over and over in their minds. Some release their anger on to others; treat others in a bad way.  And that’s unhealthy and unhelpful. Resentment always hurts you more than it does to the person you resent. While your offender has probably forgotten the offense and moved on with life, you continue to lean and think of the pain holding on to the past. Open you eyes :> THOSE WHO HAVE HURT YOU IN THE PAST CANNOT CONTINUE TO HURT YOU NOW UNLESS YOU HOLD ON TO THE PAIN THROUGH RESENTMENT. YOUR PAST IS PAST, NOTHING WILL CHANGE IT. YOU ARE ONLY HURTING YOURSELF WITH YOUR BITTERNESS. FOR YOUR OWN SAKE, LEARN FROM IT AND THEN LET IT GO.                     “To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do.”

To be continued......

References
What drives your life
Purpose driven life (Rick Warren)