What is Intentional Life?

So here we go!  Lately I have been contemplating what is going on with me and how did I get where I am currently.  We had a great sermon preached on Sunday talking about the principle of the path which reminded me of the book I read a year ago by the same title.  They both talk about how each of us are on a path and decisions we make affect where we go on this path and the direction we take.  Example:  If I get in my car and get on Hwy 75 south and keep going south as it turns to I-45 south and I want to get to Oklahoma I can pray, I can stop and ask for directions ( yeah right I'm a guy we don't do that!), I could call a friend and get some counsel.  One thing that will never happen is I will never get to Oklahoma unless I turn around!  So as this week has been going and God has been speaking to me and putting on my heart to start his blog I thought well what have you been telling me God this week and even the past few months?  As I reflected it became real clear that in the past few months and up to Sunday's message God has been reminding me that if I want to live the life he has set out for me then I have to be intentional about it!  You see God has a plan for each of us and specific things He wants us to accomplish, however he does allow us to make decisions and because we are all sinful we often times make the wrong decisions so basically we are going to Oklahoma via Florida, or as the group Supertramp might say we are taking the long way home. 
What He is reminding me of is the fact that I should wrestle and bring every decision to Him for guidance and He will get me there a lot quicker.  The Bible says be in prayer continually ding ding ding!!!!!  talking to God all the time all day long what a concept!  You see for me it is so easy to get distracted and caught up in the day to day that I start making decisions on my own and next thing I know I am way off course.  So what is intentional life?  for me it is making a conscious decision each morning to think and take intentional steps to live like Christ would live.  See where God is working and get involved.  If you stop and look you will see Him working!  Join me and lets all be intentional with our lives, what we do and how we do it to glorify God!!