During our Saturday morning prayer meetings, I have read several books
together with the prayer team members. For our next book, we took time to share and recommend titles that might be meaningful for the group. One member suggested The Purpose Driven Life by Pastor Rick Warren. As you may know, this book was a well-known and even global bestseller some years ago. Of course, I had read it before, and I believe many of you have also read it and received helpful insights for your journey of faith.
Now, we are reading it again, and as we share reflections together, certain messages have stood out to us. For this month’s pastoral letter, I would like to share something that truly touched our group during one Saturday morning. It comes from Day 3, titled “What Drives Your Life?”
As we all know, every life is driven by something. Pastor Warren names five common things that drive people: guilt, resentment and anger, fear, materialism, and the need for approval. That is, many people are driven by guilt. Many people are driven by resentment and anger. Many people are driven by fear. Many people are driven by materialism. And many people are driven by the need for approval.
Let us pause for a moment and ask ourselves: “What drives my life?” Perhaps one or more of these has been shaping our path in ways we hadn’t noticed.
But this is also a moment to pause, reflect, and realign our purpose — the purpose God has given us for a life that is full, meaningful, and joyful, much like turning our hearts back toward true north before continuing our walk
of faith.
Why don’t we take a moment to remember a Bible passage? Ephesians 5:17 says, “Don’t live carelessly, unthinkingly. Make sure you understand what the Master wants.”
Blessings,
Pastor Yohang Chun