Rev Bill

Purpose 5 in Rick Warren’s The Purpose Driven Life is:

You Were Made For A Mission

Warren continues the discussion of this purpose while he also begins to bring the book to a conclusion in day 39 — Balancing Your Life.

Warren begins with an illustration of the Olympics event the pentathlon, where athletes compete in various events. The object of the pentathlon is to succeed in all the various events. Warren emphasizes that our lives is a pentathlon of sorts of the 5 purposes God has for our lives:

You were made for God’s pleasure
You were formed for God’s family
You were created to become like Christ
You were shaped for serving God
You were made for a mission

He gives 4 tips on how you can be balanced in all of these areas:

1. Find (or start) a small group of fellow Christians where you can discuss the 5 purposes God has for your life and help each other in your progress in these areas.
Discussing these purposes, and finding others you can be accountable to for your growth in these purposes, will help you in your progress.

2. Give yourself a regular spiritual check — up.
Periodically evaluate how you are doing in these 5 purposes.

3. Write down your progress in a journal.
A spiritual journal is more than a diary of events. It needs to be a record of the ways you have seen God working in your life — or the “life lessons” God has taught you.

4. Pass on what you know to others.
The best way to grow in these 5 purposes is to share them with others. God will bless you as you do this.

It is not easy to balance your life between the 5 purposes God has for your life, but God wills for you to have these purposes, and will strengthen you in them as you strive to grow and balance your life in these areas.

Lord — I want to have the 5 purposes You have created me for balanced in my life. Let me live out Your purposes as Your servant in the world.

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