Submitted by cfnteam on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 18:01
Now that we are already into the month of February, it can be interesting to look back on the past month and see how far we’ve progressed on our goals for the new year. Perhaps in January, we resolved to manage our time better, do well in school, or go to the gym more often. Perhaps we have already long forgotten these resolutions, or perhaps we are still pursuing them faithfully. While these are fine goals, a more important goal for us to consider is: have we made any determinations for God, and if so, have we continued to pursue them?
The past CYC, in a class on how to lead a disciplined life, the speaker told us to “begin with the end in mind.” In other words, we need to have a goal. We make many goals for ourselves at the start of a new year, but how many times do we have a goal for our spiritual lives? Maybe we want to cultivate ourselves more so that we can become a better RE teacher or finally preach to a friend we’ve been meaning to ask to church. Maybe we simply want to shine the light for God more in our daily lives.
It is easy to get complacent in our spiritual lives when we have no goal in mind. Keeping up with daily Bible reading and prayer may seem tiring or tedious when we forget what we are doing it for. Paul, however, knew exactly what his goal was. So he wrote, “Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it…Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.” (1 Co. 9:24-26)
Questions for reflection:
What kind of goals can we set for our spiritual lives?
How can we work on attaining these goals?
The past CYC, in a class on how to lead a disciplined life, the speaker told us to “begin with the end in mind.” In other words, we need to have a goal. We make many goals for ourselves at the start of a new year, but how many times do we have a goal for our spiritual lives? Maybe we want to cultivate ourselves more so that we can become a better RE teacher or finally preach to a friend we’ve been meaning to ask to church. Maybe we simply want to shine the light for God more in our daily lives.
It is easy to get complacent in our spiritual lives when we have no goal in mind. Keeping up with daily Bible reading and prayer may seem tiring or tedious when we forget what we are doing it for. Paul, however, knew exactly what his goal was. So he wrote, “Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it…Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.” (1 Co. 9:24-26)
Questions for reflection:
What kind of goals can we set for our spiritual lives?
How can we work on attaining these goals?