How To Live On Purpose

This is a dialogue between the football coach & his players from the movie 'Facing The Giants'. Maybe this will help me clear my thoughts about my job, my relationships with people & my life.

Coach: What is the purpose of this team?
Player: To win ball games?

Coach: Then what?
Player: Then we get a trophy & people talk about it.

Coach: Maybe, for awhile, then what?
Player: Get a scholarship? Play for college? And coach literally? What are you getting it? You think we are just wasting our time?

Coach: If our main goal is to win football games, then yes.
Player: You don't want us to win games?

Coach: No, not if that's our main goal. Winning football games is too small a thing to live for. And I love football as much as anybody. But even championship trophies will one day collect dust & be forgotten. Its just that so far all these has been about us. How we can look good. How we can get the glory.

Coach: The more I read this book (pointing to the Bible), the more I realise that life is not about us. We are not here just to make money, get glory & die. The Bible says that God put us here for Him. To honor Him. Jesus said the most important thing that you can do with your life is to love God with everything that you are & love others as yourself.

Coach: So if we win every game & we miss that, we've done nothing. Football then means nothing. So I'm here to present you with a new team philosophy. I think football is just one of the tools that we use to honor God.

Player: So you think God cares about football?

Coach: I think He cares about your faith. He cares about where your heart is. And if you live your faith out there on the football field, then yes, God cares about football, because He cares about you! He sent His Son Jesus to die for us, so that we can live forever. That's why we're here!

Coach: But you see, its not just on the football field. We've got to honor Him in our relationships, in our respect for authority, in the classroom & when you're alone at home surfing the Internet.

Coach: I want God to bless this team so much that people talk about what He did! Which means we've got to give Him our best in every area. And if we win, we praise Him. And if we lose, we praise Him. Either way, we honor Him with our actions & our attitudes. So I'm asking you, who are you living for?

Coach: I've resolved to give God everything I've got. Then I'll leave the result to Him. I'll want to know if you'll join me.