The world will tell you that the goal/strive in life is love. But fundamentally, love is the only thing in life that’s guaranteed. You just have to receive it. The goal/strive of life is the fulfillment of purpose.

While this includes love, because the starting point of purpose is the acceptance of the direction of your calling, you, if you choose, always have love. In a broken heart, in a season of loss, in a lonely place, because God is omnipresent and the definition of love, you always have love.

When we are chasing companionship, what are we chasing? When we are chasing sex, what are we chasing? When we are chasing money, what are we chasing?

What’s your motivation? Some are chasing a perception of love. Others are chasing experience. Most are chasing emotion. Nonetheless those things are fleeting.

When you are chasing purpose, you begin to do life differently. Instead of asking God where your companion is or why your companion isn’t doing right, you ask what the standard should be. Rather than asking the Lord for more money, you ask him to position you accordingly. Instead of fixating on the next nut, you ask the Lord how you can better grow and serve. These thing happen because purpose changes your driving force. Purpose makes you question your inner being to align with your outer calling. So much so that you find fulfillment, know love, share love, and innately have your needs met.

This week I’ll be discussing how to investigate the motivations of our . What drives us in adulthood? What pushes us to do better, know better, be better? What disconnects us from the rat race that invokes a cycle of anxiety and depression: apathy or intentionality? How can we live to execute purpose, even when the opposition is hard?