Purpose driven or Past driven?

Consideration of what drives us in life presents a major challenge for most of us. Today's devotional reading from PDL brings into focus the significance of appreciating what influences our decisions, the doors we go through and the turns we take on our journey. I spent the last two days in Sydney. I hired a car At Sydney airport and drove south to spend some special time with my cousins, uncle and auntie. I connected the GPS, keyed in the address and it directed me to their door. I could kid myself that I drove myself there but the reality is the GPS "directed" me there - I was driven by this powerful and very opinionated little gadget. On the way I stopped off at the Golden arch for a coffe and to use the WI-Fi to send some emails. My iPad would not connect so I used my phone. Once I had finished I resumed my journey and enjoyed a great reunion with my family. We spent some time reminiscing and then I realized I did not have my phone. A couple of phone calls located it at the place I had the cappuccino and we got back in the car and headed back up the coast to retrieve it. On route I turned on the GPS and before I had time to punch in the new address it was directing me to turn around and head back to my relatives place. The answer was to turn off the GPS - I had been there before so I did not really need it.

Sometimes things can look like they will help; in fact they appear to have been helpful before but they are now most unhelpful. I spent time today reflecting on things in my life and experience that have potential to drive me. And I reflected on what it looks like to be living life "on purpose". When we live our life this way, "on purpose", we seek knowledge of the Lords will and such knowledge comes to us through the infilling of the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 5:17-18). An excuse often given by children when they do something wrong is "I didn't do it on purpose." imagine approaching life with real intent to do life "on purpose" for God.