Currently we’re in a message series entitled “Why Am I Here?” The Bible tells us that most people in this world don’t know the answer to that question. Jesus describes the journey of people through life as being on one of two roads. The first road is a broad road and most people travel through life on that road, it’s easy to get onto. The second road is a narrow road and the gate to get onto it is hard to find. Here’s how Jesus described the two roads: NIV Matthew 7:13-14 For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
People on the broad road are people who don’t know the answer to the question “Why Am I Here?” They don’t have a clue, so they just follow what everyone else around them is doing, thinking it must be OK. But what the many are doing is not OK, in fact the broad road leads to destruction. Most of the people in the world, the people on the broad road, are living life for themselves, for their own purposes, for their own desires. That’s what characterizes people on the broad road.
People on the narrow road are living life not for themselves, but for God and His purposes. They know the answer to the question “Why Am I Here?” In comparison to the many on the broad road, there are only a few on the narrow road, but at the end of the narrow road is life. Life on the broad road simply doesn’t work, it’s not what God created you for. If something in your life is not working, ask yourself am I following God’s way or the my way. Are you having trouble in your marriage? Are you following God’s way or your way? Are you having trouble in your finances? Are you following God’s way or your way? Are you having trouble with your job? Are you following God’s way or your way?
People on the broad road are people driven by their own desires and purposes. People on the narrow road are people driven by God’s desires and purposes. Today my message is entitled “What Are You Driven By?” We are going to look at two questions. The first is “Are you driven by your purposes?” And the second is “Are you driven by God’s purposes?” These questions apply to your life in general and to specific areas of your life. So, just because you are a believer does not mean that every area of your life is driven by God’s purposes. In our journey through life, God changes and transforms us from me-centered people to God-centered people.
To hear more about this topic, listen to my January 15, 2006 message entitled What Are You Driven By?