What Drives You?

We're three days into our 40 Days of Purpose here at New Hope, and today's selection in "The Purpose Driven Life" deals with what drives a person's life.

A young seminary student was sent to do a summer project in rural Pennsylvania. The idea was to get some understanding of the people who lived there, and so the pollster designed a questionnaire that included such queries as "What is your favorite TV show?", "How much did you spend at the mall last year?", and then the spiritual question, "Are you a Christian?"

Arriving at the door, the student asked the man who greeted him if he could ask some questions. "Certainly," said his host. So he asked "What's your favorite TV show?" In reply, the man said, "we do not own a TV." In answer to the second question, he answered, "nothing, we don't go to the mall." Then he realized that the man was Amish.

So he was about to write the whole visit off, but he asked the last question. In response, the man went and got a pad, and proceeded to write the names of all his neighbors and directions to their homes. When he finished, he handed it to the young man.

"I asked you if you are a Christian", the young man said, "What's this?"

"Your answer. But ask them if I am."

When I was processing the question, "What drives your life?", I wondered if a lot of times people are too close to it to really be objective. For example a man might work 100 hours a week and tell you "I'm doing this for my family." In most cases, he's doing it for greed.

What if you asked those who know you best, "What do you think it is that drives me?"

Would you be happy with their answers?

The Bible tells us that
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you,
whose thoughts are fixed on you! Isaiah 26:3 (NLT)

Make sure your relationship with God is at the core of who you are, and He'll give you direction and peace.

Grace!

David

This devotional is written by David Wilson, pastor of New Hope Baptist church in Valparaiso, FL. If you find you have received this via a forward and would like to receive it regularly, or find you no longer wish to receive it, drop me an email at dwilsonfl@earthlink.net and I'll make the change to the list. If you'd like to know more about New Hope, visit our website at www.newhopevalp.org . May God bless you.