All of the Bible’s prophecies are God’s recorded goals, His declaration of what He will do in the future. Everything that God has done He premeditated; he plans the future before He does it. God is not impulsive. We have been created in the image of God, and we can think about the future. Most people worry and fret about about the future. We have been given God’s freedom and power to do what He does, to plan the future. Our thought-out goals are a declaration of faith. We believe this is God’s will for our life, and we plan on pursuing it as God’s will until He shows us otherwise. I have 76 goals for next year, and I believe they are good goals because I believe each goal is God’s will for my life. I thought about them, prayed about them, got counsel about some of them, and I feel good about them that God is well pleased with them. When I read through my goals, I am energized and motivated; I genuinely want to accomplish each one of them. Every one of my goals will make me a better person, more like Jesus in character. Each one of my goals will result in me accomplishing more with my life for eternity that matters than I would without them. Every goal I have set will result in more rewards at the judgment seat of Christ. Some of my goals are:
I will take Patty on a date at least twice a month.
I will read twelve chapters in my Bible every day.
I will pray for all 45 members of my family every week.
I will pray with Patty three times every week.
I will run a half marathon on April 6th.
I will read 100 pages every week in a good book.
That is six of the 76 goals I have written for this year.
Most people don’t write goals; I wonder why not.