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4were those with the deepest convictions that stem from a genuine purpose. Whether it was Lincoln, Buddha, Marx, or Jesus, right or wrong, good or bad, the ones who've made the greatest difference are the ones who were driven by a purpose. Great lives are purposeful lives, they're not plodders and they're not pushers.If you want to live the maximum life, you need to tap into God's purpose for your life and discover, develop and maintain it. The following are a couple of references to men who found and lived life at the third level -purposeful living. First is David, King of Israel from the Old Testament. The New Testament says in Acts 13:36 %u201cFor when David had served God's purpose in his owngeneration, he fell asleep (died); he was buried.%u201d Isn't that a great verse? Somebody says, \about that? He served God's purpose and then he died.\somebody? He did what God wanted him to do with his life. Then he died. He died, great, nothing else to do. He was what God wanted him to be and then he died%u2014what an epitaph. He served God's purposes in his generation.Another example is the Apostle Paul. Now there was a man who knew his purpose in life. He said in Acts 20:24 \and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me.\Complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me.In this series, I want you to discover the task that the Lord wants you to complete. It won't necessarily be exactly the same as Paul's, in fact, it will not. But by the end of our series, my goal is for you to have something that you don't have right now.I want you to have a written out life plan, Yes, a written out life plan! You might say \Maybe that's why you're a plodder. Maybe that's why you're stuck on that pusher treadmill. I want us to Bible study and pray. I want you to write out your own life plan. It amazes me how many business people will spend weeks crafting out a written business plan for their corporation. Or how many teachers will spend countless hours working on lesson plans for their classes, and yet would never think about actually constructing a life plan. That's not just ironic, that's foolish.Let%u2019s get started developing a life plan for the maximum life by considering God's general purposes for people. In the other lessons in this series, The Maximum Life, specific application for our own lives will be made as they are revisited.What are God's purposes for his people? 1. To be loved by God.In Ephesians 2:4-5 Paul said, %u201cBut because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive...\