What do you want your destination to be? A lot of people want to talk about the destination. They want to talk about when they get married, they want to talk about when they get a job, they want to talk about when they get a house, finish high school, finish college, get their first car, and on we could go. However it is more important to think about all these things in relation to the kind of person that you want to be at that point. What kind of person will you be as a husband or wife, what kind of employee will you be, will you finish high school and college as a success? Thinking of your character and personal life when you reach these destinations will help you live your life now and understand what God’s will is now.
All the particular destinations listed above, don’t just happen one day. They’re part of a path, they’re part of a road, and the right road, someone once said, always ends up at the right place. Part of the process in considering your destination is determining where you are right now and the direction you are headed. Those two go hand in hand. If I spent all my time chatting and thinking about my destination of Six Flags over Mid-America while taking a trip and yet never considered where I was starting from or what direction I should go, chances are I wouldn’t make it to my destination. Perhaps I got started toward Six Flags but didn’t assess my direction along the way or consult a map, again, I’d probably not end up at Six Flags.
What direction are you headed? Are you headed towards being a godly husband or wife? Are you headed towards being a good hard worker? Are you headed towards being the kind of person that fulfills your obligations and thus brings glory to God in the future roles you’ll play? Are you headed towards being the kind of person who knows how to control your fleshly appetites and desires? Are you the kind of person right now who is headed toward being able to stand before the judgment seat of Christ and not bow your head in shame looking at wood, hay and stubble? The way you are living right now on a regular basis tells you the direction you’re headed. Take some time to assess. Ask a parent or a friend how what direction they think you’re headed. Will the path you’re on consistently right now lead to the destinations you really want in the future or do you need to correct your course a bit?
So often we think of God’s will as being the particular college you’re going to go to, the particular guy or girl you’re going to marry, the particular career that you’ll find yourself in, but God’s will encompasses so much more than that. Ninety-five percent of God’s will for our life is already right in the Bible. When we’re allowing God to accomplish that ninety-fine percent in our life, following His lead, obeying and making necessary corrections when we fail, the other 5% really just begins to start falling in place. Before you know it, you’ll be at the destination you’ve been anticipating. Sometimes the problem is that we spend so much time focusing on that 5% of the specifics of the career, and the college and the mate and all those things, that we lose the focus of the 95%. Where do I really want to end up in life? Wherever that destination is, if you are a Christian, you need to access the direction you’re headed now. The right road leads to the right place.
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