Chapter 1: Be God centric not self centric

I read PDL (Purpose Driven Life) about a year and a half ago. It's a good book on daily Christian living and what that all really means. We are reading it for our bible study. What I really love about the first chapter is the bold claim that our lives is not meant to be controlled by us. It is God's purpose and his will in our lives and never our own self-determinend will or purpose. Here is the bold quotation "It is God who directs the lives of his creatures; everyone's life in his power"

God wills us to wake up in the morning. God wills us to go to work. God wills us to safely drive home. God wills us to write blogs about Purpose Driven Life. God wills everything in our lives from the trivial daily mundane actions to the glorious accomplishments all of it comes through Him.

So if God wills everything in our lives, what do we do for God? This leads to question to consider which states,

... how can I remind myself that life is really about living for God, not myself?

Humans today are bombarded with so many distractions to have stuff, to be influenced by what others say what is cool or not cool, what is "hot" or "not hot", to be marketed to as a consumer rather than as a fellow human being with a mind. It is a profound question to step back and think, how can I stop thinking about myself for once and start thinking about God and his suffering people.