I beleieve its so easy to get off course in this life, we  have this inate ability to take life into our own hands rather than looking to our maker for purpose and direction.  What is interesting, we  often find ourselves complaining about the condition of our lives, the mess we are in, all without looking at how we got here.  

I know for me the how I get there often has been a process of taking the wheel from God and wanting to do it my way, you know,  living for my purposes, my plans which in itself would not be bad,  if I would invite God into all of them.   The Bible says that I should live life intentionally with a due sense of responsibility, as one with purpose:

Know the truth—let your life show it!

Live life, then, with a due sense of responsibility, not as men who do not know the meaning and purpose of life but as those who do. ~ Ephesians 5:15

I think Paul found the answer:

My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly  body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.  ~Galatians 2:20

What a great verse, so what Paul is saying is this:   The life I lived before Christ, the one that wasn't working, is dead and the life I am supposed to live, the one in Christ has begun.   I have been enabled, empowered and enriched in this new life by my trusting in Christ.  And the power I  received, it came when He died for me and was resurrected to the right hand of God.   It’s that power which is at work in me to destroy the things of the old life.  That power that has the ability to help me overcome the plans and  schemes of the devil and to succeed in this present life. 

Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.~ 1 John 5:5

This is a continual process, we need to do it daily 

Via, Veritas, Vita  (Jesus, the way, the truth, the life)   Live Life Intentionally -- Find Your Purpose In Christ

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