What is the Trajectory of Your Life?

Which direction is your life heading?  What is the trajectory of your life?

For many of us, we are simply heading right where the world, society, our natural selves, and everyone else tells us we should head.  It’s a personal direction.  We look to our own comfort.  We are constantly heading towards things that make us the most happy, safe, secure, and comfortable.  Our trajectory of life is towards nicer things, better things, bigger things, and things that give us more and more comfort.

But is that how life should be lived?

How did Jesus live His life?

I would argue that when Jesus was here on earth – He didn’t look for comfort, He looked for need.  He wasn’t necessarily concerned with His own comfort.  He was concerned with meeting the needs of those around Him.  The trajectory of His life was not dictated by society, others, his natural self, or anything like that.  The trajectory of His life was dictated by his love for others.  He was living for others, not for Himself.

And that is how we should live, too.  Think about it: where is your life going?  Where is it heading?  What is the trajectory of your life?  How do you make the big decisions in your life – where you live, what you do, how you spend your money, how you live your life?

I want to encourage you today.  Don’t look for comfort – which is focused on yourself.  Look for the needs of those around you – which is focused on love for others.  That is how Jesus lived.  That is how we should live, too.