My Goal Is God Himself

My Goal is God Himself

" ... so that God may be all in all." 1 Corinthians 15:28

Today is the Lord's day. We gather together to worship Him. The goal today should not be for you and me to "get" something from HIM, though that is certainly a by-product of worship. Our goal should be to worship and adore HIM! That goal is easy to reach when we are doing that Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday!

F. Brooks wrote these hymn words that express so clearly what our goal should be today and every day:

My goal is God Himself -- not joy, nor peace,
Nor even blessing, but Himself, my God.
'Tis His to lead me there,
not mine, but His;
"At any cost, dear Lord, by any road!"

So faith bounds forward to its goal in God,
And love can trust her Lord to lead her there.
Upheld by Him, my soul is following hard,
Till God has full fulfilled my deepest prayer.

No matter if the way be sometimes dark,
No matter though the cost be often great,
Well does He know the path to reach the mark;
The way that leads me to Him must be straight.

One thing I know, I cannot turn away.
One thing I do, I press towards my Lord.
My God my glory here from day to day,
And in the glory there, my great reward.

Is your goal today God Himself? Maybe today is a good day to stop and rethink your goals. -- Bill Welte is President and CEO of America's KESWICK

Digging Deeper: Proverbs 18; 2 Samuel 3-5; Luke 14:25-35

Dig This Quote: "There are two ways to get enough; one is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less." How does this translate into our worship life as Christians? If thoughts of material things command the greater part of our attention and energy, can we really be serving and worshipping the Master as we should? I find that as I ascribe worth and honour to our loving and sovereign God, he allows me to desire less of the distractions, less of the other gods. But the struggle for the throne continues. C. K. Chesterton

Determined Digging: Level 1 -- Psalm 139:23-24; Level 2 -- Psalm 51:14-19