Resources > Devotions Benefits of Living a Life Driven By Purpose Posted by Rev. Jeff Dixon, Senior Equipping Minister, Covenant Community Church on Jul 3, 2004, 11:11

Benefits of Living a Life Driven By Purpose

There is no question that living a life driven by purpose is important. The benefits are many. Here in this quick devotional thought lets look at five benefits. They are offered in no particular order...each stands alone as important.

Knowing My Purpose Gives Meaning To My Life

Humans were made to have meaning. Without purpose, life is meaningless. A meaningless life is a life without hope or significance. This is a profound statement and one that everyone should spend time pondering.

God gives purpose. (Go back and listen to the 40 Minutes of Purpose Celebration worship experience) Purpose gives meaning. Meaning gives hope and significance. There is awesome truth contained within that logic.

Knowing My Purpose Simplifies My Life

My purpose becomes the standard I use to determine which activities are important and which are not. If an activity does not further my purpose it can, and often should, be removed or ignored.

My purpose gives me the foundation on which to base decisions and allocate my time and resources.

Knowing My Purpose Focuses My Life

With a determined purpose I can focus my time and energy on what is truly important. Without purpose I may always be getting distracted and changing direction.

Focusing on a few things that fulfill my purpose will yield better results than attempting to focus on many things that may not.

Knowing My Purpose Motivates My Life

Purpose produces passion. By knowing my purpose I will be passionate about achieving it.

Life lived for Christ should be a life that is full of passion. Clarifying our purpose helps ignite that passion!

Knowing My Purpose Prepares Me For Eternity

My time on earth is nothing more than a preparation for eternity. What matters in the end is not whether people remember me after I am gone but what God says about my life.

We all have the tendency to think of things in short term investments and short term returns. Life on earth is nothing more than the first leg of a journey that lasts throughout eternity.

Building an eternal legacy is far more important than building an earthly one.

These are all things that tend to fall in place once we understand our purpose...

Love the Lord...Love others...Change the World......

Doing those things will motivate you to get up each and every day. Be a person with a purpose!

Items listed above based on the devotional book, Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren