What do you live your life for?

What do you live your life for? I don’t think it is a question most people ask themselves very often. They don’t think about the question, because they live their lives on a simple day to day basis without really thinking about why their doing what they’re doing, their just doing it. But if you are reading this then stop and ask yourself something, what is it that I am striving for in life. Because we all want something in life and we are all working for something in life.
Are you working for money? To make as much money as you possibly can so you can do all the things you always wanted to do. Do you strive for simply happiness? Simply being content with life and not really worrying about tomorrow, just happy for the things you have and the people you know. Do you strive mainly for fame and glory? Not so much as concerned with the money aspect, but you want to be popular and you really want to make a lasting impression of the world.
Now there are a lot of things people strive for. And some people who know Dr. J may be shocked I did not present a certain option which I will get into a minute. The thing is, it is important to know the reason your doing the things you are doing in life. The things you are striving for in life. And if you really stop and think about it, the things you are doing are things that you find important.
So another question, do you maybe strive for the things of God in your life?
And of course many people would say yes they are, after all God is only concerned with us being good people, but there is a reason why the gates of hell are wide and the gates of heaven are narrow. There are many people who are living their lives for themselves, and we all do it at times, Dr. J is also guilty of that, but we lives our lives for ourselves and we do not concern ourselves as much with the things God wants from us.
Now that may seem like a completely irrational thing to say. I may not have the right to say such a thing about a audience of readers I do not have the slightest clue about. But the fact of the matter is most people do live their lives not on the basis of what God wants for them but simply what they want to do out of their own selfish desire. We do not live our life by what God wants our but our own wants. We are suppose to be living our life for the glory and the kingdom of God and yet we do not care about the things he wants to have from us in our life. God has a specific plan for us one in which we are going to be successful maybe not by the standards of the world, but one which will serve and glorify the kingdom of God.
And what is troubling is a lot of people who call themselves Christians do not give God the glory which he deserves and they do not consult him on what they should do with their lives. This is because they are so focused on themselves and so focused about making sure they are living to the standards of the world that they put the things of God on the back burner. Then when life comes to a point where it seems unsatisfying to them, they blame God for it, when in reality, it is because they did not put their trust in God and followed the calling God had for them, they are in the situation they are in.
What are you living your life for? Life is never going to be perfect, even when we follow God we are going to come upon hard time in our life, there is really no question about that. But if we want to live successful life’s and life’s which have meaning what are we going to choose? What we want our what God wants? We can choose to do whatever we want in life, but if we want to have truly meaningful life’s, and if we call ourselves Christians, believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for our sins and provides for us every single day we are on earth, if we want to have truly meaningful lives, then there is only one reasonable option in which we should try to strive for. We should strive for Christ. Living a life for Christ to the best ability we can. C.S. Lewis once said , “There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way”.
Only you can choose what you can live for and what you can strive for. But if you want to strive for something which really matters, strive for the things of God not of the world. Jesus after all tells us even though we are living in the world we are not to be of the world. Choose to strive for something which really matters. Remember, the world will come to an end one day, but God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and forever is a quite literal term. Choose to strive for a life and things which can make a eternal impact. Choose to strive for the things of God. Or choose to strive to satisfy your own selfish desires.
What do you live your life for?