PDL - Day 2

In day 2 of PDL, Rick Warren spoke about how God created us for Himself. Going further into this, in my opinion, we have a tendency to overemphasize that God is for us. Yes, I believe that God loves us, wants to bless us, and does not want to harm us. I also know that God wants us to experience an overflow of His joy, that all He has is for us too, and that we have complete access into his kingdom. At the end of the day, I honestly believe that the greater picture is that God is essentially for God. We need to get over the belief that God is for 'me.' Thinking things are for me disrupts the family, friends, children, etc. How? You begin telling yourself that these people are to meet you at your needs and wants. You start convincing yourself that God placed these people in your life to bless you. These people (i.e. family, friends, partners) have essentially become your servants.

Keeping the mindset that people are for 'me' will get you easily angered and frustrated. Example, when people cut you off on the road, you would probably flip out because 'they did not see YOU.' What if they just cut you off because they needed to change lanes? - lol. With this everything-is-for-ME mindset, anything that does not go your way will just get you wild up. On the contrary, if it is not about you (and is about God), you are free and you are more able to extend grace. Breathing and resting would probably be made more possible too. When it is not about you, you are able to be joyful in all circumstances regardless if someone hurts you or not. The more it is about you, the more you become miserable.

Day 2 also discussed that if there was no God, we would all be accidents. The 'scientific' explanation of the 'big bang' simply states that the world was 'accidentally' made and all life on it was 'accidentally' made too. Accidents do not have purposes. We were not accidents. God has a purpose for us.