Doing Things that Matter: What's Your Story - Monday Morning Devotions (Week 6)
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Readings:
Joshua 1:9
John 10:10
Luke 9:23-25
Mark 12:28-31
(additional verses at the bottom)
Living a life that matters must be full of actually doing all sorts of things that matter. Doing things that matter doesn’t mean you have to create your own huge global-spanning movement. No. Instead, it’s contributing to the largest, global-spanning movement in the history of the world! Finding ways to live and be the person that God has created you to be. This is not about following religious rules or law. This is about love! This is about loving God, loving life, loving others, and as a result, having a life that you actually choose to live.
I began telling our kids each morning as I dropped them off at school to do things that matter. It’s funny how when you begin saying something like that you’ll actually find yourself living a life that is full of life (John 10:10). Doing things that matter won’t happen by accident--they happen on purpose. Your story will become exactly what you lead it to become!
If you want to have a life of watching TV and eating Cheetos, that will be your story. If you want to give your heart to anger, regret, or unforgiveness then that will be your story. If you want to give your best to chasing money or obsessing over sports then that will be your story. If you want to cling to security measures that keep you grounded in the sea of sameness, that will be your story.
But if you become a person who has a life full of doing things that matter then that will be your story. You only have one life to live, and no one is responsible for it but you. He calls us out of the mundane and mediocre and He beckons us to experience life to the full.
What if you allowed the seemingly impossible to become possible?
What if every day you made choices that caused you to live differently?
What if you loved God and others with reckless abandon and a selfless heart?
What if you never allowed fear to stop you?
If you pursue the journey to dream wildly, live differently, love recklessly, and lead courageously all for the glory of God you will discover a life that is well-lived. Don’t just do something—become someone! Wake up every day and choose to be who God has called you to be.
Additional Reading:
Romans 12:1-2
Ephesians 3:20
Joshua 1:9
Where to Next?
We would like to thank Tim Mannin and OKC Community Church for providing this plan.