Don’t run with the heard and get disqualified.  “Stay the Course” by making a plan for the next stage of your life so you can accomplish great things for others.

With their Roadmap in-hand, GPS Life Journey graduates have all the tools necessary to reach their destination, just like our skilled pilot.  On good days and bad, whether they can see clearly or their vision is obscured, the Roadmap helps people “stay the course.” They pursue the mission for which God put them here in this place and time.  That is how they avoid disqualification and complete the race.

Some years ago, when I lived in the Midwest, my business associates and I would charter planes for some of our business trips.  On one such trip I and two others boarded a small twin engine plane.  I yelled out “shotgun” and sat in the co-pilot’s seat.  We were bound for Pottstown, Pennsylvania. which was about two hours to the east.  Our pilot, a defector from the Czechoslovakian (now known as the Chech Republic and Slovokia) Air Force, had been a Russian MIG fighter jet pilot.  What was memorable and frankly creepy about the flight was that once we were just a few feet airborne I could not see anything.  It was a cold winter day and the visibility was basically down to zero.  That was my first experience being up-close with someone totally flying by instruments.

The first thing I observed was that the pilot was electronically locked into the location beam of the tiny Pottstown airport where we were headed.  Then commenced his frequent communication with air traffic control and his continual monitoring of radar, air speed, altitude, and aircraft orientation.  I was fascinated and then startled as our view cleared just a few feet above the runway as we landed.

With their Road Map in-hand and the ability to receive ongoing coaching from their GPS Life Journey Facilitator/Coach, GPS graduates head out on the most satisfying journey of their lives.  They know how God has uniquely made them and what He has created them to do.  They don’t, like the marathoners who follow the heard or the comical pilot, rely on others to define their destination.  Instead, they personally know where they are headed and how to get there.

The core document in The GPS Life Journey is the “My GPS Life Journey Roadmap.”  It is a series of 15 critical discoveries that you build on one step at a time throughout the eight session process.  The Roadmap describes these critical points of interest on the way to discovering and engaging in God’s purposes for the next stage of your life.  They include:

1. My Personality Type
2. Things I Do Best Based on My Experiences
3. My Greatest Natural Abilities and Skills
4. My Greatest Strengths
5. My Greatest Passions and Interests
6. My Primary Spiritual Gifts
7. Direction/Messages from God
8. My Personal Mission Statement
9. Vision for the Next Stage of My Life
10. My Personal Core Values  
11. Time Margin for the Next Stage of My Life
12. Financial Margin for the Next Stage of My Life
13. Spiritual Margin for the Next Stage of My Life
14. Priority Goals for the Next Stage of My Life
15. Personal Ministry Venue(s) for the Next Stage of My Life (Team and Position)

 

Success Guru, Brian Tracey writes, “Life is a journey. And as with any other journey, you have to do more than just think happy thoughts about where you want to go. You need clear goals, plans, and schedules to get from wherever you are today to wherever you want to be in the future. Like any good pilot, you need a flight plan that you file before you begin and that you use to guide you on your way.”