Topic: The Goal
Text: I Corinthians 9:16-27

Perhaps, the most important thing in life is a goal. To go through life with out a goal is to allow the boat of your life to drift aimlessly on the sea of life. What are your goals in life? We come across an instructive statement in Genesis 17:1; “And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God, walk before me, and be thou perfect.” When someone makes a move, the first thing that comes to mind is the purpose as well as the direction he or she follows. The movement must lead to a target.

For example, Paul said in I Corinthians 9:26; “I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beaten the air.” In other words, Paul had a goal. To walk, you must have a goal. Also, a fellow headed towards a goal must have seen the goal, either with the physical eye or the spiritual eye. For example, if I want to go to the toilet, with the eye of the mind, I shall see my sitting position when I get there. Or, if I want to travel, even before take off, I must be seeing my destination with the eye of the mind. One verse leaps at me from the text: “These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth,” (Hebrews 11:13).

Abraham, Isaac and Jacob…. All saw afar off where God was leading them. You too can see afar off where you are going. Spiritually, the one who talks towards a goal must be determined to reach the goal. It is not everyone that sets a goal that is determined to reach the goal. Do you really have goals? How prepared are you to reach the goals? Are you ready to pay the price of achieving your goals in life?

Memory Verse: Psalms 46:1 - “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”