Life Goal
1 Kings 13-14; 2 Chronicles 12; Philippians 3
“…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…But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,”
Philippians 3:13, 14, 20
Our lifegoals define us and shape us. For some it is career recognition, or a home in a desirable neighborhood. For Paul, it was heaven. Heaven was Paul’s home address. Heaven meant union with Christ who had first called Paul on the Damascus Road many years earlier.
What are we straining toward as our life goal?
Why?
What big vision has captured our lives and is it enough?
Paul’s earthly life ended in martyrdom after imprisonment in the Mamertine prison by the Roman Forum. In this rock pit, he lived in darkness until his welcome into the arms of Jesus. Paul’s letters from prison have grounded the theology of the Church for thousands of years and pointed us toward heaven as our home and the Lord Jesus Christ as our leader. Our goals define us, and they will impact those around us.
“Lord Jesus, you are my goal, my focus and your kingdom is my citizenship, for your glory.”