Overcoming Your Shadow Mission - May 17 2009

Top 10 Shadow Missions

1. Just give me home, health & a hefty 401(K)
2. Busy, busy, busy
3. I don’t care who’s in charge as long as it’s me.
4. Show me the money.
5. It’s all about me
6. Maintaining hidden addictions (pornography – food)
7. I’ll think about it tomorrow (procrastination)
8. Looking nice by avoiding conflict
9. Climb the ladder first, put people 2ndo
10. Shop till you drop

o What's your shadow mission? If your life just goes on auto pilot…. where will it drift?

Before you try to name your shadow mission:
1. Get in a quiet place and pray.
2. Ask the Holy Spirit to open your eyes.
James 1:5 says that God give wisdom for those who ask for it
Ask Yourself
a) When Have I failed?
b) When have I felt shame
c) When has a gentle whisper indicated that I’ve gone off track.
• Circle the temptations
• Zero in on your failings
• Then try to narrow it down to a catch phrase or a single word.
• Run it past your Mordecai…to see if someone who knows you well sees this in you.

Example “I fall into living my shadow mission when I get so busy that accomplishing tasks becomes more important to me then loving God and my neighbor”

Catchphrase – To-Do list All Done

One Word – Busyness
Other possibilities: control – lust –anger - greed – wealth – popularity –attention etc

You may have more then one…If so Focus on the one that you most want to hide.