Starting at the End

We played a clip from the movie Stranger Than Fiction this past Sunday. The main character played by Will Ferrell wakes up one day hearing the narrator of his life. He realizes that he is in a story. The scene that we played is when he is told through the narrator that his death is imminent. His life changed when he received this new information. Its amazing that God has already revealed the end of our stories yet we're stunned when it becomes a reality. God tells us that we all will die and stand before Him to give an account of our stories (lives). This should change how we live. To live a great story, we should begin with the end in mind. If we want to hear "well done" at the end, we should live "well done" today. If you were to write down what you would like to see happen in 2008, what would you envision? If your greatest ambition is to buy something (dream car, dream home, dream vacation, etc.) or the dominate action words in your list are get, buy, possess, want, you are probably living a small story. The last guy to do this was told something else other than "well done." But if your vision for 2008 includes words such as change, lead, influence, create, give, provide, you may be on the path to a great story that will end well. This year, start with the end in mind. Determine how you want 2008 to end and work toward that end all year long. It could make it the best year ever.