Breaking Point - Week 2

February 13, 2022

Notes

Breaking Point - Week 2

Drive vs. Driven
1 Chronicles 21

• Two degrees of difference over time can make or break your life.

• drive: an internal desire to progress or achieve which allows us to accomplish life assignments for the glory of God

• Drive allows us to:

  • move out of our parents’ house.

  • be gainfully employed.

  • maximize our gifts and abilities.

  • chase our dreams.

  • build a family.

  • move the needle for the cause and kingdom of Christ.

• driven: a compulsion to achieve for the sake of achievement

• Being Driven:

  • is about keeping score.

  • is about accomplishment, not enjoyment. 

  • is measured by comparison to the accomplishments of others rather than being measured against my own abilities.

  • is always about “more” rather than “enough.”

  • doesn’t allow for the concept of Sabbath.

• Genesis 1:27-28

Biblical Principles about Work

1. Work is part of the blessing of creation, not part of the curse.

2. Work is an act of worship.  

3. Work is designed by God to be a primary source of satisfaction in our life.

4. Work is a wonderful servant and a terrible master.

• 1 Corinthians 7:33-35

• Ecclesiastes 3:9-13 ESV

Principles Regarding the Danger of Being Driven

1 Chronicles 21:1-12

1. The source is always Satan and self.  (21:1)

2. The difference between drive and driven is motivation. (21:2-3)

3. A driven personality refuses counsel. (21:4-6)

4. Being driven damages our relationship with God. (21:7)

5. Being driven has a profoundly negative impact on those we care about. (21:11-12)

How to Break the Driven Cycle

1. Alter your perspective.

• 1 Chronicles 21:16

2. Take personal responsibility.

• 1 Chronicles 21:17

3. Fix the spiritual problem. 

• 1 Chronicles 21:22

4. Pay the price for past failures.

• 1 Chronicles 21:24