Recently I wrote an article about our travels and not
knowing where we were and really not caring that I didn’t know. On the other
side of this thought I would suggest that it does matter to me where we are.
On this journey of ours we had a goal; it was to arrive back
to the place of our birth and where our family is at; Ohio. We had carefully
mapped out the route we had to take to get where we wanted to go and followed
that route faithfully. Granted, we had a few unscheduled stops along the way,
but the goal never changed.
Now we are located where we wanted to be, near our family
and grandkids. It’s all about desires of the heart and the choices we make. Is
location important? Yes it is! The problem is that the desires we have don’t
always work out in real life as our final destination. In our travel through
life, we want family, friends and special jobs. Sometimes we continue this
journey (or adventure) through life, because want to reclaim memories and make
new memories, see new sights, experience new things.
The
question for each of us, is what is your
ultimate goal? Where are you going on your journey? You just can’t say it any
better than the apostle Paul did in Philippians
3:11-14, “I want to know Christ; yes, to know the power of his resurrection and
participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so,
somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already
obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take
hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do
not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do:
Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward
the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ
Jesus.”
Paul’s
goal was to some day be raised to live with God in Heaven. What could be a
better goal than that? Nothing that I can think of! Does that mean I will enjoy
my present location any less? Not at all, I will enjoy it all the more knowing
that my ultimate goal is even so much better! How about you?
