what are you aiming for?

What were you aiming for?

A few months ago I was invited to a special event, fundraiser for a great nonprofit in Charlotte, that was a clay shoot. You know. Shotguns. Clay targets hurled in various directions that you have to shoot.

Needless to say, I am not a very good shot. I got some, but most of them I missed and missed by a long way.

In a conversation this week with one of our coaches he quoted this old saying, “If you aim at nothing, you hit it every time.” What a huge reminder.

Life is intended to be lived with purpose and with goals. Much like that shotgun and the targets you have to aim right, understand the direction of your target and work toward hitting it.

So many of the things in our lives involve the same thing. Aiming at something, setting goals, making decisions and trying to hit where you aim. Thus, I ask us a question this morning, “what are you aiming for?” That question ought to leave us with a few more questions and decisions that will take us a long way.

As a Christian we have much to aim for … be like Jesus, serve others, encourage people, listen and follow God. Those are awesome goals, but you might have others… finish school and the degree, plan the trip, complete the project, buy that house. Whatever the goal, choose what you are aiming for?

Philippians 3:12-14 NLT

I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. 13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

Paul knew what he was aiming for. It wasn’t something that was so far away he could not reach, but it was a huge goal.

Set your goals. Aim at the target. Make big goals that challenge you, and along the way let God lead you to great days and making a great impact for the Gospel.

What are you aiming for?

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Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio, Texas . She was the patient of a doctor by the name of Will Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients as people. His favorite patient was Edith Burns. One morning he went to his office with a heavy heart and it was because of Edith Burns. When he walked into that waiting room, there sat Edith with her big black Bible in her lap earnestly talking to a young mother sitting beside her. Edith Burns had a habit of introducing herself in this way: "Hello, my name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Then she would explain the meaning of Easter, and many times people would be saved. Dr. Phillips walked into that office and there he saw the head nurse, Beverly. Beverly had first met Edith when she was taking her blood pressure. Edith began by saying,"My name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Beverly said, "Why yes I do." Edith said, "Well, what do you ...

wash feet, sharing hope

John 13:4-5,14 NLT So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, 5 and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him… 14 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. Jesus set the example we follow. He served. He valued and gave value to others. That is why we choose to serve. For 18 years our church has shared an outreach called back2school, and for 16 of those years we have chosen to give students brand new shoes and socks as well as washing their feet. It is one of the most important parts of this event. Washing feet is a humbling experience where both the give and the receiver learn how to share some moments that might change their lives. Jesus said we should do this. See the verse above. Follow His example, do what He did, and give far more than you will ever know....

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