Some years ago, an army sharpshooter was visiting a small town.
He was surprised to find bull’s-eyes with bullet holes in the exact center all throughout the village. “Someone or some one’s here must be amazing shooters,” he thought, “I’ve never seen anything like it.”
Finally he found the local rifleman responsible for all those holes.
“I’m a pretty good shot, but I’ve never been this accurate,” he said to the man.
“Oh, it’s not hard at all,” he said, “I just shoot first and draw the circles after.”
We must all must have a goal in life.
One calling that everyone needs to have is joy.
The Apostle Paul told the Church in Philippi, “Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.”(Philippians 3:1).
He repeated this truth because it is a goal for our life.
A goal is important because it keeps us focused on what we need to know.
God has placed desires on our heart.
Yes there are evil desires that we must deny but the God-filled desires are there for a purpose.
So how can we those desires to be fulfilled? God will, Psalm 37:4 tells us, “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
Our calling is to delight in the Lord.
When we take time to pray worship, we are delighting in the Lord.
Paul also told them, “But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ.” (Philippians 3:7).
Out of all of our accomplishments and fulfilled goals, the one gain in our life is Jesus Christ.
That is the goal of life. It is to know Jesus. When we know Jesus we gain so much.
Let’s seek after God.
