by David Jacob Smith | Nov 11, 2013 | Journal, Life Purpose, Personal Reflections
One of my biggest ambitions in life from my mid-twenties through my forties was to fill a leadership role in a church. I perceived my calling in life at that time to be that of a pastor/teacher and the only model I knew for fulfilling that was in a traditional church...
by David Jacob Smith | Jan 25, 2013 | Personal Reflections, Spiritual Development
For the majority of my life I have been on a personal quest to become what I would call a non-religious follower of Jesus Christ. Let me explain. When God became man in the person of Jesus of Nazareth, he did so, not to found a new world religion[1] but rather to...
by David Jacob Smith | Jul 19, 2012 | Life Purpose, Personal Growth, Personal Reflections, Spiritual Development
What is needed in our life to propel us toward our potential and destiny in Christ? What are the qualities or essential ingredients which contribute to realizing all God has prepared for us to walk in? I was reflecting on this question today and I came up with the...
by David Jacob Smith | Apr 6, 2011 | Life Purpose, Personal Reflections, Spiritual Development
I am not talking about where you are geographically at this moment. Rather, where are you with your life? Interestingly, this is the very first question God asked man. “Where are you?” (Genesis 3:9). Adam had managed to get himself into a rather awkward predicament....
by David Jacob Smith | Oct 30, 2010 | Life Purpose, Personal Reflections, Spiritual Development
What course is your life set on? Based on your life’s current trajectory (the sum total of your actions and choices), where do you think you will be five or ten years from now. In one sense, it’s really rather easy to predict. But where do you want to be? The answer...
by David Jacob Smith | Oct 24, 2010 | Life Purpose, Personal Reflections
At what level do you find yourself living life most of the time? My guess is that the majority of us have come to live a large part of our lives on a rather shallow and superficial level. If we are in touch at all with the deeper thoughts, feelings and emotions of our...
