Living with Definite Aim

Paul says (paraphrasing) in I Corinthians 9:26 (AMP), “I do not live my life without definite aim…”  I do not live my life without having a definite aim of what I’m about.  In Acts 26, we read the encounter that Paul had with Jesus on the road to Damascus.  Jesus said, “Paul, I have appeared unto you for this purpose.  1.  I am going to make you a minister; 2.  I am sending you to the Gentiles; 3.  I am going to have you open their eyes so they can come to the revelation of truth.” 

When you read about Paul’s life, read his writings and read about all the great things he accomplished, one of the things that you discover is that Paul was a master at staying on course.  Now he, like everyone else, went off in the wrong directions sometimes, but ultimately he was a master at staying on his decided course.   You know the story in the book of Luke about the brothers who came to Jesus and said, “We would like for you to divide our inheritance for us.”  And Jesus explained to them that it was not his place to do that.  Then Jesus made this very powerful statement: “Life does not consist in the abundance of things a person possesses.”  What Jesus was saying here was that they were getting very disturbed about some things that really didn’t matter. He was actually telling them that they were wanting to live their lives based on what would never give them happiness rather than what would.  These brothers were in dispute about money.   It seemed that they were on the verge of throwing away their relationship over this.   I hope you all realize that no amount of money is worth throwing away your family for.

            I believe all of us were created to live for a divine purpose.  All of us were designed, by the design of God,  and created to live for a destiny and something outside of ourselves.  The reality is, if you live your life based on what just influences you, you will live a very empty, disturbed and messed up life.  All of us have been given by God something to do in this earth like no body else can do.  I have thought often about different things that would hinder people from really experiencing and walking in the plan that God has for their lives.  And I want you to remember that while you were created to live for a purpose, but the main purpose you were created for was to experience the love of God.  Beyond what you can do for God, God is more interested in loving on you and having you experience His love.  The reality is that the most important thing is not what you can do for Him but what you can experience in His love.  There is nothing more valuable to God than His loving you and your coming to the place where you experience that great love.  There is NOTHING more valuable, more important, more worthwhile than experiencing the love of God so let experiencing it be the first thing you aim at in life.