Don’t sit by waiting for your life to happen. It’s an easy trap to fall into when we believe that situations aren’t perfect or it’s just not the right time. There is no better day than the present. You and I were not promised tomorrow. Today is what we have and you, friend, were called to live your life to the fullest.

You are your biggest enemy. That voice in your head, the one telling you not to go for your dreams or live your best life, that is fear. Fear today will quickly become regret tomorrow. Instead of letting the fear win, embrace the fullness of God’s love today. How? You go out and love those around you in big ways. Start by spreading kindness and giving away hope. Live a life worth living: one that at the end you will look back on with joy. 

Start here

To live your life to the fullest, you start one day at a time. You wake up each morning and you make a commitment to follow Jesus Christ throughout your day. Here’s the thing. We often get stuck in our heads thinking that God is against us and not for us. Nothing could be further from the truth. When you say yes to Jesus over and over again, you have peace with God and you have peace in the moment. God is a relational God and wants good for you. When you find peace with God you will also find peace with yourself and peace with others. 

Don’t go here

Living life to the fullest is about being present in the moment. When we focus too fully on the past, we get stuck in cycles of shame. Shame is not of God, it is of the enemy. Why? Because it never takes us anywhere better. Shame lies to us, telling us we can never be any better because our past is too ugly. It is different than guilt. Guilt is what spurs us to action and to make changes. Guilt comes following something that is bad. It focuses on the action while shame falsely defines the person. 

Being in the present also means we are not to fixate our thoughts on the future. Worry robs us of today with thoughts of tomorrow that 99% of the time don’t come true. God has a good plan for your life, but to truly live it to the fullest, you have to trust Him with your tomorrows. 

Matthew 6:34 (MSG) tells us to “Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.”

Love the people in front of you and your life will be full. It really is that simple.