Day One " It All Starts With God"

Key Points:
You were born by his purpose and for his purpose
Focusing on ourselves will never reveal out life's purpose
You won't discover your life's meaning by looking within yourself
Life is about letting God use you for his purpose
Speculation vs Revaluation = Guessing vs asking(seeking)
Without God life makes no sense

Verse: "everything got started in him and finds it's purpose in him" Colossians 1:16b

The first chapter was only a few pages and I am struggling not read on, but I know that good things and growth take time and to really make this meaningful it will require my patience and dedication. In reading the introduction I began to ponder how exactly it is that I got to where I am right now. I didn't always use to be this lost. I don't think I am exactly a bad person now by any means but I am certainly a person who is living without prayerfully considering God. I didn't grow up in church, in fact I didn't learn about the true meaning of God and salvation until I was at summer camp in the 5th grade." Into my heart, come into my heart lord Jesus" was the prayer they taught us. After that I started attending church with friends and became active in the youth group, joined the youth choir, and even went on several mission trips. I also went on to work a camp and was constantly reminded to "teach the person and character of Jesus Christ. But I think somewhere along the way the relationship with god got lost and the longing to be "cool" took it's place. Church became much more of a social activity...meeting boys and the likes. Camp became about being accepted instead of teaching and then both went away all together, replaced by sports, college, boyfriends, and academic/professional success. Sure, I still believe in God, know that I saved and pray. But I have not been living my life for him, for his purpose...in fact his purpose has been completely left out of my decision making. Why am I am economics major? Because I am good at it and I enjoy it. Why am I in graduate school? Because I wanted to move to Athens. Why did I want to move to Athens? For a boy and life that clearly had nothing to do with the purpose or will of God. What do I want to do with my life? I have no idea. It did not always use to be this way. It seems I had it right in the beginning, funny how we spent all our time searching for something just to realize that it was there all along. All the questions and their answers need to change. What is my purpose? While I still have no idea at least now I have some direction of where to look, in God. My purpose is the one that he created for me. It is only now through prayerful consideration that I will find it.