Why are you and I on this earth? We are here not because of random chance, not because of evolution, but because an intelligent designer, God Himself, created us. Everything that God created, He created with a purpose in mind and that includes you and me. We will only be happy, we will only be fulfilled, we will only be prepared for eternity if we live out the purposes that God created us for.
As people, we tend to live life as though there will be no end, even though we know that one day our lives will end. An interesting question to ponder is “How would you live your life if you knew you had only 24 hours left?” You would give those last 24 hours to the things that you thought were most important to you in life. People’s responses to a question like this tell us a lot about their values and how they view their lives.
When you understand how God views your life, you will be able to live every day as though it could be your last. So today, my message is entitled “How Does God View Your Life?” We are encouraging everyone to read this year, in addition to their Bible, the book “The Purpose Driven Life.” This week my message coordinates with Chapter 5. In the video that we watched, I don’t believe that most of the people interviewed understood how God viewed their lives or viewed their own lives with much wisdom.
The Bible says in NLT Romans 12:2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do. When you understand how God views your life, you’ll know what God wants you to do with your life. Don’t look around you in the world for examples, don’t copy what you see. If you want your life to change, if you want to be transformed into a new person, let God change the way you think. Begin to think about yourself as God does.
When you begin to view your life as God does, your life will be transformed. You will become radically different than the people around you in St Louis. It takes a radically different kind of person to change the world and God wants you and I to turn our world upside down.
To hear more about this topic, listen to my January 29, 2006 message entitled How Does God View Your Life?