What defines a compelling life?  Someone who is available to God and regularly experiences God’s fellowship, presence, and empowerment.  There are no substitutes, no shortcuts.  We are not compelling; on the contrary, we are sinful, often poor imitations of our Lord.  But when God lives through us, shines through us, and overcomes our worst inclinations with his merciful transformation – that’s compelling.  People become interested not so much in us but in what’s so different about us.  The non-Christian notices the changes as we become more and more like Christ – if indeed we are experiencing more and more of Christ.
– Gary Thomas in Holy Available