It’s important to know what you’re living for and how to get the greatest fruit for that end-goal.
Are you living for eternity with God or for life with your friends? Is your center of gravity in heaven or on earth?
If you are living for eternity then your plans and goals should reflect that.
Servant-hood, love, meekness. These are the things that will carry over. Living a Sermon on the Mount lifestyle to be great in the kingdom of God…
“Whoever does and teaches these things will be great in the Kingdom of God” Matt 5:19
If we are living for this age then we will care about things like Money, Power and Honor. Girls, Gold and Glory as they say. This is exactly what Jesus says chokes the Word: The Cares of this World, the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things.
My personal daily goals:
- To know the Word and to encounter God through the fellowship of the Spirit
- To live a sermon on the mount lifestyle
- To be faithful in the place the Lord has set me while growing towards maturity of destiny
- To write a smokin’ blog post
Are there goals you have that you know won’t translate into eternity? What are goals you have that will?
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Yuri said:
“To be faithful in the place the Lord has set me while growing towards maturity of destiny”
I was hoping you could give more thoughts on this statement. One of the problems I have had in the past is walking in the present while maintaining the vision of the future. I would see a glimpse of my destiny and then run into a tree, if you know what I mean. Looking at the mountain top TOO frequently doesn’t do much good as you’re making your way through a forest trail. I want to learn the blanace of feeding that vision while living in the moment. What do you think, Shawn?
Posted on October 17, 2006 at 9:55 am
Shawn said:
Yuri - That’s a hard question to answer in a little post comment. But I’ll give it a shot.
For my personal ministry, I know that the Lord has called me to:
To what size crowd and location I don’t know all the details. I know I’d like to end up back in Colorado. I know that I’ll probably be heavily involved in leading a House of Prayer. I know I’d like to travel. But those are details that I don’t have to figure out.
My job is to grow as a man of prayer and a man of the Word now. I need to grow in my skills as a communicator and as a leader. Meanwhile, when things come my way here or there I may or may not say yes.
I’m not concerned that I have to say yes to every opportunity that comes my way in fear of missing “the God one” and then never getting another chance. God is a lot easier to work for than that.
His main goal is to have your heart and He wants us actively engaged with Him every day, every step of the way. As we pursue Him and pursue to be faithful in what areas we are currently serving in then He will lead us into deeper things.
I think it’s also great to keep in mind that God doesn’t care that much about how big or succesful your ministry is. He is concerned about your heart. If you are connecting with Him every day, that is what matters and the rest works itself out.
Posted on October 17, 2006 at 6:55 pm
Yuri said:
So, as I was thinking about this question and various similar topics I got a picture. It was of the walk with God, our walk toward our vision, being compared to hiking.
There’s lots of depth here, and i’ve been pondering it for days. But the most prominant thing that stood out to me was taking time to pause and make sure you’re heading the right way.
Firstly you have your map (the Word) and secondly you have markers along the way (personal/prophetic words from the Lord). You have your compase (your heart, new nature).
Lets say you’re trying to get to the top of a mountain. You have various ways to go up, verious paths. So, you make your destination and plot out your path, what trails you will take. But whatever you choose you must keep checking the map and also stopping and just looking to the top of the mountain to see if you’re on the right track. Not only that, you also look to the trail ahead as you hike. But most of the attention is given to the hiking.
So, I guess the biggest thing I get out of this is that it is good to stop every once in a while and look to the top of the mountain to see how you’re fairing. It’s also good to check the map frequently–especially when you hit a fork in the trails. And you ALWAYS end up hitting some unexpected changes and taking trails you never thought you’d take. It’s all good though.
The top of the mountain represents life goals. The trail you’re on represents the current season (all the trails get you to the top).
It’s also intersting to note that you might be looking to a peak that seems like it’s the highest till you get to the top and see another one much higher. Basically, your life vision/goals might end up evolving as you grow in God and realize there is much more out there.
That’s kind of scattered and I’m still digesting it, but I think it will do.
Posted on October 23, 2006 at 11:29 pm
Turambe said:
i have love an example of getting up the moutain.it very well explains about vision.
Posted on February 2, 2007 at 4:23 pm