Your Mind
“What
drives your life part 2”
3. Many people are driven by fear. Their fears may be a result of a
traumatic experience, unrealistic expectations or growing up in a high
controlling home, regardless of the cause, people who are driven by fear often
miss great opportunities because they are afraid to come out of the cave called
fear. Afraid to venture out, instead they play it safe avoiding risks and
trying to maintain the status they are in (limiting their abilities,
potential). Fear is a self-imposed prison that will keep you from becoming what
God intend for you to be, you must move against it with the weapons of faith and love. The Bible says “There
is no f in love. But perfect love rives out fear, because fear has to do with
punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.” (1st
John 4:18).
4. Many people are driven by material
things. Their desire
to acquire becomes the whole goal of their lives; this drive to always want
more is based on misconceptions that having
more will make me happy, more secure, more important. But all this three
ideas are untrue. Possessions only provide temporary happiness, because things
do not change, we eventually get become bored with them and then want newer,
bigger, better versions. It’s also a myth that if I get more, I will be more important, self-worth and net worth
net worth are not the same, your value is not determined by your valuables and
God says “The most valuable things in
life are not things .“ The most common myth about money is that having more
will make me more secure, it won’t make you secure and that’s a FACT. Wealth can be lost instantly
through a variety of uncontrollable factors. Real security can be found in that
which can never be taken away from you and
that is your relationship with God.
5. Many people are driven by the need
of approval. They
allow the expectations of parents or family or teacher or friends or partner to
control their lives, many people are still trying to earn the approval of
unpleasable parents, friends, family, partner etc, and others are always
worried by what others might think. “Unfortunately those who follow the crowd
get lost in it.” I don’t know all keys to success, but one key to failure is to
please everyone. Being controlled by the opinions of others is a guaranteed way
to miss God’s purpose for your life, “No
one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the other one and love the
other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve
both God and Money.”(Matthew 6:24).
There are many other
things that can drive you life but all lead to the same dead end (unused
potential, unnecessary stress, regrets and unfulfilled life).
“Without a purpose, life is motion
without meaning, activity without a direction, pointless. Find your purpose in
God.”
References
What drives your life
Purpose driven life (Rick Warren)
References
What drives your life
Purpose driven life (Rick Warren)
