Do You Know Where You Are Going?
A challenging question once posed to me in a sermon, was: “Where will you be when you get where you’re going?” I quickly recognized that it had much more to do than with geography only. It could entail a location but, more importantly, it related to where one will be physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, spiritually, and in other dimensions of life as well.
Far too often, people only let life happen to them instead of being pro-active in attempting to shape the way things need to go. Many people never measure consequences nor think of the results of their own choices and actions.
Yet, it is easy to expect that lack of purpose and of planning leads to inevitable failure, even if for a long time people may still move in a forward direction, based on previous impulses they had received, still maintaining motion which, most likely, will lead nowhere!
There is no need for anyone to wake up suddenly to an unpleasant new reality, when a positive, enduring accomplishment could’ve been planned in advance. Unfortunately, many dreams are never realized simply because they are constantly being altered by the dreamer. You cannot reach a destination by checking in the wrong map!
The healthy challenge is for one to seize each moment, not necessarily to remain there, but to continue moving farther ahead, while grasping impacting, new realities. Maintenance of the status quo will never produce satisfaction; moving in the wrong direction will never lead to the right place.
People often wake up too late to recognize that their life was wasted for lack of proper planning, and on account of gross neglect of what brings lasting results and permanent fulfillment.
Avoid inaction and illegitimate action if you wish to get somewhere. Don’t count on time which may never be sufficient, or even available, nor in a future which is still so uncertain! The consequences of inaction, or of delayed action, can be destructive of life itself!
Don’t just make plans! Rather, begin to execute them as quickly as feasible; take the necessary steps to see ideas fleshed-out, plans made concrete! Never stop in pressing on toward the mark. Forbid yourself to live aimlessly for lacking good direction!
Live for God and for others, and what you desire for yourself will come to pass in far greater measure than your expectations!
The life God desires to see you live and fully enjoy, is a life of action and of urgency, before it can become a life of legitimate leisure. You can’t control the outcome of much that happens, even as a result of your best efforts. But you can control your behavior, your reactions, your judgments! Your attempts, which lead to enduring satisfaction, must begin with the right step. God continues to invite His children to a higher plane!And there is no place nor situation where His mercy will ever refuse to meet you, especially when you know that you are moving forward, in His company!
May 6th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
A good reminder to live intentionally. Thanks.