With all my focus on doing well in school, doing well on the job, eating healthy, staying informed, etc., there are some things that I need to remember:
The goal is not:
1. To live long
2. To be the best student
3. To be the best teacher
4. To make the best grades
5. To know everything
6. To have all the answers
7. To be we'll respected
8. To get a certain job.
9. To make a certain kind of impact on people
10. To not be wasteful
11. To be safe
12. To be respectable
13. To have a good reputation
14. To make the most frugal use of money
The goal is:
To love the Lord our God with all my heart, soul, mind and strength and to love all others as I love myself. Everything bends to this.
Since this is my goal, I need to focus on God and others and not on all the things that I think that I need to do or learn or how I must position myself to "be a good servant." As to what I need to love Him and others, He will take care of all necessary arrangements. I must trust Him.
This is all a lesson that is very hard for me to learn, but I am so thankful that this is where He is taking us. He reigns and He will work this miracle within us - even in me!
I love this reminder Dad. It seems I have to remind myself of this a lot. Probably because of the pressure we feel from the world to do a million things at once and the priorities of the world are so different. When I start seeking advice from the world I need to remind myself I am complete in Christ. There is no other authority I have to please. Colossians 2:9-1"for in Christ lives all the fullness of God...so you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority." It makes me think of one of my fav Rich Mullins songs "your my one thing...and the pure in heart shall see God!"
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