What Is a Life of Existing?

Have you every desired to experience more in life? I had this desire but ignored the plans God had for me. I thought I had life figured out by accepting a career I knew I was destined to retire in. Wrong? Instead, I dreaded going to work on Monday morning and lived in frustration.

I was living a life of existing.

The word exist means living especially under adverse conditions. It’s challenging to drive during winter in Michigan. You have to drive at a slower pace when it snows. Overall, you are driving under adverse conditions.

The life of existing is living daily under factors that work against you.

These factors are not in agreement with your purpose, potential, vision, and growth. This life oppose who God created you to be. Genesis 1:27-28, says, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply….”God created you to experience the fullness of who you are in him. This type of life is connected to knowing God’s plans for your life.

In Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV), God said, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jesus chose you to live a productive life connected to God plans for your life. This include using the talents, skills and abilities to serve people with excellence and for profit. In John 15:16 (NIV), Jesus said, “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.”

A life of existing causes your daily living to cease from flourishing when you are not living God’s plans for your life. I gave God my dread and frustration by seeking his plans for my life. I had to learn how he created me before he revealed his plans. This included learning his spiritual and natural laws that caused me to apply personal growth in my daily living.

The opposite of a life of existing is Living Your Purpose. Living Your Purpose is living God’s perfect will for your life as a lifestyle.

Do you dread going to work?

Are you frustrated about your life?

The answer yes to both questions indicates a life of existing. Here are two steps to move away from the life of existing:

1. Examine your life. In Genesis 3:9, God asked Adam, “Where are you?” God will not impose his will or ways on you. He gave you the power to use your will to identify where you are at in your life.

2. Make a choice. Make the decision if you want to live a lifestyle of purpose. God is waiting on you but will only reveal his plans until you make a choice to seek his plans for your life.

It’s important to place yourself in an environment to grow with likeminded people. This includes connecting your faith with personal growth. I share more insight about the life of existing in the Living Your Purpose audio and workbook.

Are you living a life of existing?

Tulani Person is a wife, mother, and entrepreneur who empowers purpose driven achievers to maximize their potential while living a lifestyle of purpose. As a Life Strategist and Empowerment Speaker, she serves clients with engaging methods to establish a mental map for their beliefs, vision, and knowledge while applying life principles in their daily living. The Living Your Purpose program help individuals strengthen their spiritual foundation to live a life they were created to experience.

Tulani Person is available for individual and group coaching, workshops, team training, lunch n learns, conferences, and keynote speaking. For free consultation or to book Tulani Person, please visit iamtulaniperson.com.

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