Purpose Driven Life: Day 8

POINT TO PONDER:

I was planned for God's pleasure.


VERSE TO REMEMBER:

"For the LORD takes pleasure in his people." [Psalm 149:4a]


RICK WARREN'S THOUGHTS:

This is the first of five purposes discussed in "The Purpose Driven Life."

Bringing enjoyment to God, living for his pleasure, is the first purpose of your life. When you fully understand this truth, you will never again have a problem with feeling insignificant. It proves your worth. If you are that important to God, and he considers you valuable enough to keep with him for eternity, what greater significance could you have?

Bringing pleasure to God is called WORSHIP.

And it is important to remember that worship is not for my benefit, it is for God's benefit! When we wroship, our goal is to bring pleasure to God, not to ourselves.

Finally, worship is not meant to be a part of life, it IS life.

"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." [1 Cor. 10:31]


D-MONK'S THOUGHTS:

It takes a radical turn of thought to grasp the fact that we were made for God's pleasure. I am very used to looking at each day and determining what to do with it for MY pleasure. I tend to think that each day, and life as a whole, is all about me. And I tend to follow a course of events and decisions that make myself feel isolated and shallow.

Turning the focus of each day to God's pleasure offers great hope. When I live each moment, no matter howe simple or routine, and offer it to God, days become meaningful. Every task is infused with meaning so long as I am performing the task not for myself, but for the greater glory of God.