What do you want out of your life?
A spouse? A more luxurious home? A more powerful car? Perhaps a beach house for gathering as a family?
Or is your focus on financial security? Early retirement? Or regaining a skill you once excelled at?
Imagine being a musician, perhaps a singer with a name and a career. Your spouse dies in an accident, and you are devastated. Your career lurches, and you soon feel forgotten by your fans.
One day you heal, yet your career is now over. Your fan base has evaporated. How can you recover from that?
For the Christian, our first step is focusing on Christ and his plans for our life.
See, here’s how this makes a difference. When we align our path with Christ’s, the sky’s the limit. There’s no goal we cannot achieve. The difference is that we’ve given up our self-determination and accepted the will of Jesus. The Lord begins to craft our new beginnings, and we let him do so, with the understanding and knowledge that he loves us and wants the best for us.
Psalm 20:4 (NIV) tells us:
“May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.”
The caveat is that we must be aligned with him, so that the desires of our heart mesh with the desires of his. Only then will he make all our plans succeed, because they will be in line with his.
A spouse? If that spouse will aid you in your work for God.
A more luxurious home? How will you use it? In service to God?
That car, that beach house, your financial security … how will you fit God in with those goals? Is your early retirement for you or for an opportunity to minister for Christ?
Even in times of struggle, it’s essential to remember that when our goals align with his, they will succeed, and none will fall by the wayside.
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