Bringing Your Life Into Focus - Day 1

This week we are starting a new series at Cornerstone based on the book Chazown by Craig Groeschel. If you have found this website through the radio, we want to welcome you and invite you to find out more about our church at our main website. We will be sharing a daily devotional about the current sermon series that we are doing at Cornerstone. You can come back to this page daily, or choose to have the updates emailed directly to you by signing up on the right side of this page.

DAY 1

I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand… Isaiah 46:10a

Can you imagine someone setting out to construct a building without a plan? Envision someone creating a meal without recipes. Picture going on vacation without knowing where you’re going. Many people go through life without any plan, without any direction, without any vision.

Everyone ends up somewhere.
Few people end up somewhere on purpose.

In Isaiah 46:10, God tells us that He already knows the end before the beginning ever starts. God knows His plans for you. He knows where He wants you to end up. God has known what He wants you to accomplish since before you were even born.

The Bible tells us that where there is no vision the people perish. What’s your vision? What kind of vision do you have for your relationship with God? What’s your vision for your relationship with other people? What’s your vision for your finances? What’s your vision for your health and your physical life? What’s your vision for your work life?

A vision will bring at least three benefits to your life. First, it will bring focus. You’ll know what to do. You’ll know what the next step is. You’ll be motivated. When you have focus, you’ll also know what not to do because what you’re supposed to do is always in front of you. The second thing a vision brings is endurance. Why do people endure four years of college? They persist because of the vision of a better job or a better life at the end. The third thing a vision will bring is peace. You’ll have the peace to know that you’re following God’s plan and becoming a fully devoted follower of Christ. Remember, Proverbs 29:18 says, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” What’s your vision?

In the next few weeks, we are going to seek focus and God's vision for our lives. You cannot know God's will apart from God's Word. I encourage you to start reading your Bible and to use one of the reading plans found here.

Remember: Everyone ends up somewhere, but few people end up somewhere on purpose.


Questions for Today:

• If money were no object, and you could do anything you wanted for the rest of your life, what would you do?
• If you never had to go to work again, and you could make a difference by investing your time into a Kingdom effort, what would you do with that time?
• Besides ministering to those closest to you (family members, relationships at church, etc.), what’s the number one thing you believe God wants to accomplish through you?

Prayer for today:
Lord, please put YOUR vision in our hearts. Let us be people who end up somewhere on purpose. Reveal to us YOUR purpose for our lives, and remind us of that purpose so that we can endure until we fulfill it.