“Is your goal how long you live or that you live?”

A thought by Erwin Raphael McManus in his book, Chasing Daylight: Seize the Power of Every Moment (Kindle Location 1037). Kindle Edition.

What if that had been Jesus’ goal? God sent Him to earth to experience life as we know it and to be an example for how He wants us to live it but He died when He was in His thirties. Longevity was not His goal, impact was.

What about you? I know many people who all they are living for is retirement. They are worried about having enough money to survive. That is always on their mind. Now to me that is not living that is existing. Living life to its fullest is all about service not about security. Jesus showed us how to really live life to its fullest. He lived out the purpose that God sent Him to earth to do. He came to give His life so we could live. So if He is our example why do we put all out life into getting to the point that we do nothing? That is a wasted life, a life with a wrong purpose.

God has created each one of us with a purpose in mind. Yes He wants us to enjoy life but He wants us also to really live it to bring Him glory, to make Him look good. That means we do what He created us to do – to love Him, to serve Him, to love others, to serve others. That can only be done by connecting to Him. That is where real living, real fulfillment comes from. It doesn’t come from living your whole life so you can do nothing. You and I were created to do something even to the end of our life.

So what is your goal?

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