The NIV 365 Day Devotional

A Life Purpose

If your life were condensed into a short synopsis—one brief sentence—what would be said of you? How our lives are summarized depends on the choices we make each day. We have the tendency to become distracted with the cares and responsibilities of life. Laundry piles up. Bills need to be paid. Children get sick. As we care for our families and do our work, it’s easy to become sidetracked from our primary purpose: pleasing God. It is easier to give lip service to spiritual things than to stay on course, keeping in step with the Spirit.

So how will you be remembered? What will be said of you? More important, how will God summarize your life?

Reflect and Pray: What is one sentence you could use to summarize your life so far? What might God want to change in your life so that your life summary to be different? What steps will you take today to walk in God’s ways?

Look up and pray through some verses about purpose, and pray with them to learn more on this topic.

Word to take with you today: Purpose.

Taken from the NIV The Busy Mom’s Bible.