What Drives Your Life

The word drive means to urge, push or force onward. Everyone's life is driven by something. You maybe  driven by a problem, a pressure, or a deadline. Perhaps you are being driven by a haunting fear, an unconscious belief, or a painful memory. Here are a few circumstances and emotions that can drive your life. Some people are driven by guilt. They painfully spend their entire lives running from regrets and hiding their shame. Guilt is the feeling of responsibility for wrongdoings. The deception of guilt is that it keeps you running away from God, telling you, God wants to punish you, he wants nothing to do with you. While the opposite is true. If you run to God when you mess up and ask Him for forgiveness, He will forgive you. God is our refuge and strength in times of trouble. People driven by guilt often unconsciously punish themselves by sabotaging their own success. Learn to say NO to these familiar spirits.We are all the products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.God's purpose is not limited by your past. He is the God of a second chance. Some people are driven by resentment and anger. They hold onto hurts and never get over them. Instead of forgiving,or receiving healing, they rehearse it over and over in their minds, allowing the roots of resentment and anger to grow deeper until it becomes a root of bitterness. That's toxic emotions, and is unhealthy. Believe that by setting others free, you set yourself free. This is the power of forgiveness. God wants to set you free from your painful past and release you into your God given future. Jer 29:11"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end." Some people are driven by fear. Their fears maybe a result of a traumatic experience,unrealistic expectations, growing up in a high control home, or even a genetic predisposition. Regardless of the cause, fear is a devastating force. Fears grow larger, if you start nursing them. Fears lie, and make us not go where we might have won. Living a life of fear is like leaving the parking brake on when you drive your car, it causes you to slow down and lose momentum. Remember, the word says, " For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." II Tim 1:7