A friend passed along this video last week. At
43 minutes, it’s one you’ll need to carve out some time for and it is well worth
the time.
It focuses on our desire to please God. As healthy as that sounds, as you watch, Lynch leads us to the undeniable conclusion that it can’t be our primary motivation. Instead we need to trust.
There are a lot of reasons we want to please God. Because of our love for him, what he’s done for us, his commands, to earn favor. And I think deep inside many of us there is a quest for significance.
We want to be part of something bigger than ourselves. We want to motivate people, have influence, change lives, have an impact. It may not be on a huge scale, but we’d like it with our group of friends or our family, our kids.
We want our lives to make a difference.
There is nothing wrong with wanting to live lives that make a difference, as long as we understand it has nothing to do with our significance.
God created you with significance. You are infused with meaning. You have intrinsic value. Your life matters, simply because. If you sat on your front porch and watched the world go by for the rest of your life, you would be no less significant.
If you want to give to the poor, feed the hungry, free the slave good for you! As long as you realize your value isn't found there. Before your took your first breath your life already had meaning.
It focuses on our desire to please God. As healthy as that sounds, as you watch, Lynch leads us to the undeniable conclusion that it can’t be our primary motivation. Instead we need to trust.
There are a lot of reasons we want to please God. Because of our love for him, what he’s done for us, his commands, to earn favor. And I think deep inside many of us there is a quest for significance.
We want to be part of something bigger than ourselves. We want to motivate people, have influence, change lives, have an impact. It may not be on a huge scale, but we’d like it with our group of friends or our family, our kids.
We want our lives to make a difference.
There is nothing wrong with wanting to live lives that make a difference, as long as we understand it has nothing to do with our significance.
God created you with significance. You are infused with meaning. You have intrinsic value. Your life matters, simply because. If you sat on your front porch and watched the world go by for the rest of your life, you would be no less significant.
If you want to give to the poor, feed the hungry, free the slave good for you! As long as you realize your value isn't found there. Before your took your first breath your life already had meaning.
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