I’ve been getting impressions lately about the need to be fired up every day that I live.  Why live a life of mere existence?  Jesus said, “I have come that you might have life, life to the full” (John 10:10).  God’s desire is that we live fired up each day and moving forward in a growth pattern of our faith while accomplishing great things for His glory.   So, what are some additional benefits of living a “fired up” life?  Here are a few I thought of:

• Your attitude is better when you act fired up
• You aren’t nearly as bothered by petty things around you
• A sense of accomplishment fills you each day
• People around you tend to get fired up as well (it rubs off!)
• God likes it when we are “stirred up” (2 Tim 1:6)
• People are drawn to those who are fired up
• You live the day with more energy because of a better mindset

Put a postcard by your nightstand, mirror where you get ready in the morning or a sticky note in your car that reads “Live Fired Up!”  Maybe that’s all you need to shake off the shackles of a wimpy existence some call living.  Perhaps it would get you going in the morning and you wouldn’t stop until you have squeezed every powerful moment out of the day.  Try it for a week.  It beats getting up and saying, “Good Lord, it’s morning…again!”