Goals

For some odd reason the idea of having goals has been in my head a lot lately. And yes, I realize that I’m sports oriented, but I’m not talking about soccer, hockey, or anything like that. My question for you this week is if whether, you have goals in your life, and whether you strive to achieve them.

Let me take a step back and talk to you a little about my goals. I have them in three phases.

• Spiritual Goal: To get closer to Him by learning more about Him every day through studies and reading the Bible, at a minimum.
• Family Goal: To ensure that my family grows closer to God, for them to know that I love them, and to get our family out of debt and enslavement of the world we live in.
• Personal Goal: To get in shape, both spiritually and physically.

So, now I’ve been working towards these goals for quite some time, and will continue to do so. Sure, they can all have sub goals along with them, but my main focus is on these 3 things. My thought is that if I can focus on accomplishing these, then I’m going to be in the best position I can put myself into in order to be used by God.

Now, I have the goals in place – now it’s time to take action, right? I mean, anyone can set goals – but only so many people will be willing to work towards the goals they set. Let’s look at the New Year’s resolutions that everyone sets for themselves. Did you realize that studies show that over 80% of people resolving to do one thing or another have already given up by now? Isn’t that a sad fact? We’re not even three months out from people setting those goals and they’ve already given up. No wonder the world is in the state it is!

This week I’d like to encourage you all to set goals for yourself if you haven’t. They don’t have to be like mine at all, but need to be specific to you and your walk with God. If you have already set goals, what are you doing to achieve them? Are you still working towards them and feel good about what you are accomplishing? A successful walk with the Lord needs to have ways of making sure you stay on the right track, and I hope that having some goals will help you accomplish all that He has set forth for your life.