Goals {A Sunday Devotional}

What are your goals?

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

~ Philippians 3:14 ~

We live in a day and age when anything is possible. If you set your mind to something, we are told that nothing can stop us. In our teen years we are bombarded with people asking us what are goals are. What are we going to do with our lives? Where are we going to go to college? What will or major be? WHere do we want to be in 5 years? 10 years? These are just some of the questions that we are asked as teen girls. When I read today's verse I stopped for a minute. This doesn't sound like any of the other goals that people are asking me about. Paul is writing to us to tell us to press on toward, not a goal, but the goal. What is the goal that Paul is talking about here? The goal that he is talking about is the goal of being like Christ. How does it affect your life? Are you striving to attain it? How does it affect where you will be in 5 or 10 years? Does it affect your college choices, or what you will do with your life?

Reflection:

Are you striving to accomplish your goals, or pressing on towards God's ultimate goal?

Application step:

Take some time and think about what your goals are. Do they honor God? Do they help you reach the ultimate goal?

Have a great day! :)