15 Years from Now...

Imagine its February 29, 2023. You're coming from your morning jog and just as you take the bend into your driveway you bump into the paper boy.  He greets you, hands you a copy of the daily press and scuttles away so quickly that you wonder where he's gone.  

You decide to flip through the paper as you walk down your driveway.  You unfold the newspaper, and, to your surprise, the subject of the leading story is your life. Photographs of you at various places are also all over the front page. What do you think the article will say about you and about your life?  

These are the questions that I want us to answer throughout the month of March, starting in this week's issue of Inspiration Online.  In fact, we are going to try to write the article that you are going to read in the newspaper 15 years from now. No, you need not get worked out at the thought of it. I'll walk you through the process.

First things first, let's look at the title of the article. What should it read? Who should it depict you to be?  What aspect of your life should it portray as newsworthy? Is it going to be a success story or a story of desperation? What do you suggest?

In my view, it has got to be a success story – – I doubt a life of quiet desperation would make for a good leading story in any newspaper anyway. So, what's going to be the most newsworthy aspect of your life?  Let's look at the options:

·        Your Job
What work do you want to be doing?  What do you want to be the outcome of your work? Who do you want to benefit from your work?  Do you think that in whatever you'll be doing you want to be known as a person on the job [the money driven person] or as the person for the job [the purpose driven person]?

·        Your Money
Do you want to be rich [and famous]?  Do you want to be known for living an expensive lifestyle? What do you want your money to be doing for you? What do you want your money to be invested in? Multinationals? People's lives? Missionary work? What?

·        Your Character
Do you suppose that there's some aspects of your character that can be newsworthy 15 years from now?  Will it be your determination?  Your focus? Your persistence? Your do or die attitude? What could it be?

·        Your Faith
Faith without works is dead.  Work without results is a waste of time.  What results do you expect from your work of faith? Will there be there any success in your life that will be directly attributed to your faith in God? Will there be something in your life that people will be able to look at and say It can only be God?

The list is endless but I've jotted down these few just to give you an idea of the things that can make you the talk of the day 15 years from now – – if not sooner.

As you come to the end of this email I am sure you're already thinking about the one thing that you'd like to be known for 15 years from now?  If you come up with anything interesting please feel free to write letting me know about it.  You can either write me an email or post it as a comment on my blog at the end of this article.

Be Inspired.

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