AIM HIGHER
But I, by your great love, can come into your house; in reverence I bow down… (Psalm 5:7)
Our goal is Him! Paul said, “that I may know Him.” God promises that we will know Him. I want to know Him more each day. Yes Lord, I want to get to know you!
There is no place or time to coast in our walk with God. That would fall under the worthless category. Remember we determined that we would retire from worthless things. Useless things, on the other hand, might become useful, so we can wait for a bit and see if things change.
I remember when someone suggested that I needed to speak in tongues. At the time I did not even know what that was, so I filed in the useless drawer of my mind. I did not throw it away, but I did not give it any more thought until God brought it up when I read Paul’s words wishing that we all spoke with tongues. God was telling me to aim higher.
I began my walk with God declaring that there was, “no high like the Most High” and that there was more to Jesus. Nothing has changed. I still feel the same way. Like Paul wrote in Philippian’s 3:14, he was straining for what was ahead. He pointed out previously how he had discovered that what he knew before was worthless and He left it behind.
In verse 16, Paul tells us that we need to live up to what we have already attained. We can read it, and pray for it, and journal it, and then go on with no change in how we live! Paul says by the Holy Spirit that we should live up to it. We should aim higher. All of this is written for our use not for someone else.
It is not just a guide for pastors or Christian workers; it is for all of us. Living the word of God is life for us all. Until we determine in our hearts to live it, there will always be something missing. There will be something missing for us and there will be something missing for those around us.
God has called us all to a mission to know Him and to show Him to our world. We all have different circles. We all have different people that we pass on the street. We all have lives to live and people living around us that have yet to find the life that is in Christ. We can live it and reveal it so that they can see it.
Jesus told the disciples that He revealed the Father to them. That was what Jesus came to do. Jesus is our ultimate example! He is the way, truth, and life! Keep aiming higher. Keep getting closer.
Don’t let earthly things be your aim. Live, display, and succeed with a heavenly goal. Not to earn heaven, but to arrive in heaven with an entourage. Whether it is the one person the Lord needed you to reach or a billion people; we can arrive having lived aiming higher!