What is your Goal?

What is your Goal?

I used to dread hearing those words when I was younger and just going with the girl that was to be my wife. Her father would constantly drill me with endless questions and lectures and one of his favorite questions was "What's your goal boy?" Over and over again I would hear that question. He would tell me you will never be anything boy....you'll never have anything....you can't make a patch on my &%$#*.(he wasn't saved and neither were we at that point) In a way his little tirades actually did the work of reverse psychology. I was determined to show him he was wrong.

I set a goal to own a home quickly and we did in less than 2 years we moved in to a brand new home that I helped to build with sweat equity.

I became a sales trainer and department manager for a company and we were doing good in the world's eyes....but there was an emptiness that had to be filled in our lives.

That void was filled when we both received Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour.

Little did we know the path He had marked out for us to follow...and that is the thrust of this Thought for Today.....His purposes.

My goals changed rapidly as I started to see that God had a plan and my heart was being drawn closer to Him. Everything else is growing dimmer and dimmer in the light of His glory and grace.

My goal began to be and still is to go always toward His goal for my life. He called me for His purpose and I need to find that purpose so at the end of my life here on earth I will hear the words, "Well done my good and faithful servant........enter in to the joy of the Lord."

Phil 3:12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

What's your goal? --Pastor Charles Kitner