Set
Goals for Your Life
We will get more into goals later in
this book, but we cannot get past a chapter that speaks of God’s plan for your
life without mentioning a little of the goal setting process.
God has had a vision for his people
since the beginning. He has instilled that vision into all who will seek him. Goals
are imperative for the person who desires to be successful.
It can be
said that your legacy can be solidified as well if you delight yourself in God.
In other words, seek what he wants for you. Seeking for riches will leave you
empty. But seeking God and allowing him to give you the riches will leave you
with a legacy.
God’s
plan for his children is to prosper. Some believe that God is a man on a throne
waiting to strike them down for the first insignificant offense against him.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Instead, his grace allows him to bless
not only his children, but unbelievers as well.
In Matthew 5:43-45 Jesus
said:
“You have heard that it was
said, ‘Love your neighbor and
hate your enemy.’ But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who
persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father
in heaven. He causes his sun
to rise on the evil and the good, and sends
rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.”
God’s grace extends
to all of his creation. There are certain laws of God that are extended to all.
That is not to say that all will go to heaven. It is to say that all have
access to heaven if they will but accept God and his grace through the
sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Nevertheless, there are certain secular laws of
nature that apply to everyone while we live in this mortal body.
Strangely,
even atheists who follow the laws of God on this earth will prosper; even if
they do not recognize they are following God’s laws. For example, those who do
not murder or steal will not have to suffer the shame of prison. Those who do
not cheat on their spouse will most likely not have to suffer divorce because
of that sin. Those who honor their mother and father will be blessed because
others in the world respect them for it and so on.
Even
though the secular world seeks to remove God from their everyday lives,
everyday life has been formed by the promises and laws of God. Even though mankind
forsakes God, he will not forsake his law or mankind. God is the same
yesterday, today and forever.
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