Today I will achieve an objective that I have had for decades. When we go to the Texas Rangers game tonight, I will have been to a baseball game in every current Major League Baseball stadium. I have thoroughly enjoyed the quest. But this journey is not really an important one in the grander scheme of things.
In I Corinthians 9:24-25 Paul wrote, “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.”
We should make goals for ourselves and then exercise the self-control necessary to achieve our objectives. But instead of making self-serving goals, meant only to serve our desires, we should make goals that serve a greater good and have an eternal impact. Our primary goals should be to know God better and to become more like Him. These goals, when achieved, will make us better people who impact others in positive ways. Worthy objectives, indeed!
Reluctant Retiree 