Intentional is described as an action performed with awareness; done deliberately, consciously, on purpose. That is what I want in my life.
Do you sometimes feel that you are just going through the motions of life? Do you sometimes feel that there has to be more to this life? Do you sometimes wonder if you are following God’s plan and God’s will for your life? Do you intentionally surrender your life every day to God?
I feel that sometimes I am just going through the motions in life. I sometimes feel that there has to be more to my life then what it currently is. I don’t surrender my life every day to God. There are days that I try and do it on my own.
What does Living Intentionally look like? It is more than making choices. It is understanding why you do what you do, or why you don’t. It is considering the consequences. It is defining your values and making choices that reflect those values.
“For you created my inmost beings; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” Psalm 139:13-14
God designed us all uniquely. We are fearfully and wonderfully made. So, if I live my life intentionally focused on God’s Will, then I will be exactly where he wants me to be. I will be doing what God wants me to be doing.
If God designed us in our mother’s womb, then He must have a plan for our life. It is my job to stop going on my own strength. When I feel that there is more to this life then what it is currently, I realize that my focus is on me. My focus needs to be on what God wants in my life. If I listen closely to Him, through prayer and reading of the bible, He will show me where He wants my life to be.
“For God so loved the world, that He gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16
God intentionally gave us His Son so that we could have eternal life. It is our decision to accept that gift. It is how we live life. Do we intentionally live life for our Creator, or do we live for ourselves?
“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you…” Jeremiah 1:5
God created us. In both Psalm and Jeremiah it mentions that God formed us in the womb. He knew us before we were born. If God created us, and knows us, then wouldn’t he know better than us the path that he wants for us? He has given us free will, and we are free to live however we want. He does have a plan that would be the best life possible for each of us.
However it is our choice. Will you choose to stop going through the motions, and intentionally live life? Will you choose to live intentionally? I choose to have this be the first day of living intentionally.
So, this is the first day of the rest of my life. It is the first day of living intentionally. I cannot change the past, but that is okay. It starts today. It is an everyday decision.
“Dear Heavenly Father, help me to live intentionally. I want to live my life, and not just go through the motions of it. You created us in our mother’s womb, and you knew us even before we were born. You have a plan for our lives. Please show us the path that you want us to take. Amen”
Laura Maxson
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