In Touch - Jan. 10, 2007
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- 2007 Jan 10
In Touch Daily Devotional
by Dr. Charles Stanley
Should You Set Goals?
Verse after verse of Scripture encourages believers to trust God for their needs. Some people, including church leaders, think those passages indicate believers should not set their own goals. To them, setting goals indicates a lack of confidence in our heavenly Father. But, this interpretation fails to acknowledge trust as an important discipline and turns it into apathy.
Goal setting helps us determine where to focus our energy to accomplish the work the Lord has for us to do (Ephesians
As any of these wise men could confirm, reaching for a goal increases faith. Stretch a rubber band wide, and—when allowed to relax—it will be slightly larger. Faith works the same way. When we decide to do something that requires more resources than we have, we must depend upon God to do the work through us. And if we rely on Him for the wisdom to set right goals, then we can trust Him to enable us to achieve them.
Setting goals is the most basic step toward achieving anything worthwhile. If we are to succeed, we must be purposeful in deciding how to live. Any wise man or woman knows the only way to be sure of a goal’s value is to rely on the Lord’s guidance in setting it.
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