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living for the goal

 


Living for the Goal … this is a devotion that was shared by the Navigators in August of 2021.  Today I want to share with you something that encouraged me.  Check out this devotion, and may God work in our lives in incredible ways!


1 John 1:3 

We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 


I always enjoy traveling with someone who knows where they’re going, don’t you?


John the Baptist knew exactly where he was going.  He had a definite purpose in mind and knew exactly how to reach his goal.  The message in the book of John is that he wants you and me to find life in Jesus Christ.  Everything in his gospel points us to the saving grace of the Lord Jesus.


In John 1:7, we are introduced to John the Baptist and told that “he came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe.”  The focus is not on the baptismal ministry of John the Baptist or his call to the nation of Israel to repent.  He is presented primarily as a witness to Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God who would take away the sin of the world.


Christian, when people observe your life, what do they see?  A person frantically busy doing Christian activities?  A person who says one thing and does another?  Or do they see a person who knows where he’s going?  Make it your goal today to point people to the Savior.


Lord, today I need You to refocus my sight on the task You’ve given me to do. Amen.


Witnessing involves all that we are and all that we do.

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