Your Mind "What drives your life part 2"

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.” (1^st 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)