The goal of Christianity is not to get something from God, it’s to become something because of God.
There is often no easy, predictable path for staying the course and fulfilling your purpose. You will encounter loss, delays, challenges, discouragement, and disappointment along the way, but if you keep going, you will discover the faithfulness of Jesus. He will give you the faith, strength, courage, resilience, endurance, hope and love you need to live life on mission. Don’t give up. It will be worth it. Your labor for the Lord and in the Lord matters. 1 Corinthians 15:58 “Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”
We are all stumbling toward our destiny. Destiny changes. Who we are and what we do at different points in our lives will eventually converge into something so much more than we ever thought that we would become. But the key is to stay close to the heartbeat of the Father and position ourselves for purpose.
I will not walk backwards in life.
The future goal is the thing which produces character in the present.
We see many men who are moved by the desire of transitory things to endure many toils and labors. They will travel great distance and even disregard wife and children and every other glory and enjoyment, and prefer nothing to their purpose in order that they may secure the attainment of their goal. If, then, there are some who make every effort to attain transitory and temporal ends even to the point of laying down their very lives, shall we not deliver our souls and bodies to death for the sake of the King of kings and Lord of lords (I Tim 6:15), the Creator and Sovereign of all things?
Wisdom says that you should look at your life from the end and work backwards. You shouldn’t be afraid to take a moment, sit down at the edge of your grave and think about your life. What do you want to be known as? What do you want God to say about you? What is going to be most important to you when you are lying on your deathbed? The answers to these questions should be the motivators of your life.
Your goals must always be beyond your ability but within your faith.