Yesterday I asked if you had a goal. Then I compared being “goal-less” with a basketball player lobbing basketballs across a court that had no baskets. While our final goal certainly should be heaven, we need to set both short and long-term goals here on earth.
It’s taken me, as my daddy would have said, only “a few shakes of a rabbit’s tail” to get from being young to teetering on the edge of being a senior adult. Life flies by; and the older you get, the faster the years are moving. Why wait until you have one foot in the grave to decide to get your head on straight and start diligently working for Jesus?
Some people have this totally messed-up idea that our one goal needs to be to “get saved” so we can spend eternity in heaven. I got news, folks: eternity’s a long, long time! Plus once we get to heaven, the Bible teaches that “each will be rewarded according to his own labor” (I Corinthians 3:8, NIV).
What will that reward be? A position of work and authority within the Kingdom, based on your diligence to serve Him here. No, works don’t get you INTO heaven – faith in Jesus Christ does. But works determine your REWARD in heaven.
Work isn’t a curse. Work has always been a part of God’s plan for mankind. God worked – read Genesis 1 and 2 – and still does. Second Corinthians 3:18 (NLT) says that, “As the Spirit of the Lord WORKS within us, we become more and more like Him and reflect His glory even more.”
God ain’t lazy. God isn’t without a plan – He IS the Plan. And we’re to be “like Him.” Don’t waste the time you have here on earth. Expend it for Jesus. PLAN to touch others with His love. Make that your ultimate earthly GOAL; and then implement daily, weekly, monthly, yearly and lifetime plans to make it happen.
“Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.” (John Dewey)
Some people have this totally messed-up idea that our one goal needs to be to “get saved” so we can spend eternity in heaven. I got news, folks: eternity’s a long, long time! Plus once we get to heaven, the Bible teaches that “each will be rewarded according to his own labor” (I Corinthians 3:8, NIV).
What will that reward be? A position of work and authority within the Kingdom, based on your diligence to serve Him here. No, works don’t get you INTO heaven – faith in Jesus Christ does. But works determine your REWARD in heaven.
Work isn’t a curse. Work has always been a part of God’s plan for mankind. God worked – read Genesis 1 and 2 – and still does. Second Corinthians 3:18 (NLT) says that, “As the Spirit of the Lord WORKS within us, we become more and more like Him and reflect His glory even more.”
God ain’t lazy. God isn’t without a plan – He IS the Plan. And we’re to be “like Him.” Don’t waste the time you have here on earth. Expend it for Jesus. PLAN to touch others with His love. Make that your ultimate earthly GOAL; and then implement daily, weekly, monthly, yearly and lifetime plans to make it happen.
“Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.” (John Dewey)
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