What is your Goal in Life?                                  

Everyone is looking for a reason for being on this earth.  God created this earth for you and me. (Genesis 1:1) Some of you may or may not believe this or even believe in God. (1Timothy 1:4) I just have one question for you.  How many people do you know can predict the future in a book and it come true? Most of your books are either fiction or non-fiction.  Most people write about what they are feeling or what happened to them in the past.  But I do not know anyone that can write and tell us what is going to happen tomorrow and it come true. The only way we can predict the future is if we see it in a dream or vision.  The only one I know that can would be God in his word the Holy Bible.  Where do you think our dreams come from?  He gives us dreams and visions to show us what is going to happen so that he can get the glory and it will build up our faith.  He prepares us for our future. (Genesis 42:8-9) All things have to come to pass first before our future comes. (Matthew 24:6-8) Where is your faith and who is it in?  Who do you believe in God or Man? (Luke 17:5-6) Do you believe you have a future with God?

We all have questions to why we were created and what is our purpose for being here.  I am going to share with you what God has shared with me.  I do believe in God, the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost.  I believe that they are three as one. (1 John 5:7) He is my savior and his name is Jesus Christ.  He rescued me from Satan and Hell.  (2 Peter 3:7)

We were created to be his sons and daughters because he needed someone to love just like we need someone to love. He wanted children so he would have someone to talk to, listen to and to love (1 John 4:19) His whole plan was created because of LOVE. Today we are all still looking for some kind of peace and love to satisfy our life.  (Philippians 4:7) Jesus is also looking for peace and love.  He is looking for you. He wants you to love him so he can give you a wonderful life in Heaven. (Revelations 21:1) It will not be of this world since Satan (Genesis 3:1) has already destroyed and corrupted it with sin, but it is coming and you will see someday soon what I am talking about.  He has gone to prepare a place for his children the ones who truly want to love and serve him.  Who truly believes in him and that he is our creator. That place is called Heaven.  In the meantime while we have to wait for him, he promises to take care of us here. He promises to meet our every need. (Philippians 4:19) So if we are living as a child of God then we should have the peace and love he is looking for. 

I met God when I was a young girl.  I know you are saying, how I could meet God. I was brought up in a little country church many years ago.  I listened to what the teacher was trying to teach me in Sunday school about God, but I did not really think anything about it. I listen to the preacher but I still did not think anything about it.  I don’t know why but the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17) really stayed planted in my heart and my mind but most of all, the thoughts of where I was going Hell (Matthew 10:28) if I did not obey them. That was one thing that I heard and could not forget. I could not get it out of my mind.  I knew that someday my life would end on this earth but would I really go to Heaven or Hell.  Where these people teaching me this to keep me out of trouble or was it really true.  I would get scared thinking about it and did not even realize that God was showing me I was not living my life for him and where I was going if I did not get my heart cleansed with forgiveness.  

All through my life I tried to live a good life. I tried to obey these commandments thinking that if I would die today that I would go to Heaven.  I finally went to the alter one day and got saved when I was 22 years of age. I thought that if I went to a alter and ask God to forgive me that I would be ok and when I died I would go to Heaven.  As long as I was forgiven and obeyed the commandments that God set upon this earth for us I was ok.  I went on for years thinking that I was ok and as long as I was a good person, obeying the rules of this land, God would not send me to Hell.   And of course being young I thought I had a long time to live on this earth.  I did not really realize that God would take me out of here anytime no matter how old I was or how I live my life.  Wow!!!! What an eye opener this was for me now. 

It was 12 years ago when I decided to really try to find out exactly who God was.  I had heard about him all my life and all these things he did.  I listened to testimonies and seen things with my own eyes and still found it very hard to believe that he would do that for me. I went all these years listen to what others were telling me but still found it very hard to believe. I thought there was no way God could talk to me.  How could I have a conversation with someone that I could not see or even hear?  I was afraid that people would laugh or talk about me and think I was crazy. 

Then one day I was down on my knees beginning to cry.  I still did not know how to talk to God.  I did not know what to say.  My heart was saying it for me.  My heart was so torn of what God showed me that day.  He showed me I was wrong, he opened my eyes to the world of sin.  He showed me what it meant to forsake him.  I was not living the life he would approve of.  He came into my heart and listened to my cries and forgave me.  He saved me that day from Hell.  (Romans 1:18-20)

From that day forward I wanted to know exactly what he expected from me.  I had rededicated my life to him again. I had been living my own life without him thinking that I was ok.  I began to read his (God’s) word and I realized that it was more than just going down to an altar and asking for forgiveness for my sins and living by the Ten Commandments. 

I realized that I had to have a personal relationship with him. He needed to know me personally.  He told me in Matthew 15:8-9 that I drew nigh unto him with my mouth, and I honored him with my lips but my heart was far from him.  In order for me to draw close to him I had to walk and talk to him daily and let him know what was going on with me. He already knew how I was feeling and what I was going through, but he was waiting on me to confide in him.  I needed to put my faith and trust in him. It is just like it is with any close friendship or relationship. He became my very best friend.  I had to read and study his word. I had to meditate and seek wisdom.  But most of all I had to be obedient.  I had to be honest with him and worship him in truth and in spirit which had to be planted in my heart. He now speaks to me and I speak to him. This is how I built my relationship with Jesus.  It was not what I did or said that built our relationship. It is what I gave him (my heart). It is me trusting him and put my entire life in his hands. He lives within me and he lives in my heart.  I had to welcome him into my heart. My heart had to be pure and honest before he can live within me.  I am not perfect, by no means, but I have to strive to be perfect as he is.  It is not easy at all. We have a struggle with our flesh. (Ephesians 6:12) Our flesh wants to do things that we know we should not do and our heart (Jesus) is telling us no.  This is where our obedience is being tested by Jesus.  Who are we going to listen to: our flesh (Satan) or God? Are we being obedient or disobedient?  This shows God just how much we truly love him when we listen and obey.

How much faith do we need to believe in Jesus? He tells us in (Mark 4:30-32) if we have the faith as the size of a mustard seed, that anything is possible, because with God all things are possible.  Do you know how big that is?  It is a very, very tiny seed.  It does not take very much faith.  But once that seed has been planted in your heart it begins to grow bigger than anything we could imagine. Our faith begins to grow bigger and bigger and our relationship with God begins to get fuller and fuller.  It begins to get stronger and stronger.  He is right there with you forever. (John 14:15-21) Why would anyone choose anything else?  It is because of their faith. (John 12:39-41) Some will choose not to believe no matter what. He has hardened their hearts because he already knows that there is no way to change their minds.  Has he hardened your heart?

We think when children have imaginary friends that there is something wrong with them.  We begin to worry about their minds thinking they have a problem. Well their friends are Angels from God.  They find them quicker than we do.  Why is that?  He sends Angels into our lives to watch and protect us from Satan the moment we come into this sinful world. It is up to us as we grow to choose our choice of living. Are we living for God or Satan?  We need to be as humble as little children and accept Jesus Christ as our savior. (Matthew 18:1-6)  We don’t need to have imaginary friends (we need God) because he is not a fiction of our imagination or a character that someone has written about.  He is real!!! (John 12:44-50) Amen!!!!

Now that I have found my goal in life, have you found yours?  I know how I want to live my life now and where I want to go when I leave this earth.  Do you????  My Goal is to make it to Heaven.  What is your goal in Life?

Are you willing to find out about the truth or are you willing to listen to others and find out later that they were wrong?  Each generation is history repeating itself.  Everything that is happening today has happened in the past.  Maybe not to the exact (it is getting worse with each generation) but it has made people say these words. “We have heard it all our lives and Jesus hasn’t come back yet.” What will it take for his word to be fulfilled and His word to be true?  Everything that was written in his book, the Holy Bible will be fulfilled and come to past.   I do mean everything.  Once it has been fulfilled he is taking his people home.  This book may have been written by man but it is being fulfilled by God and his word.  God gives us the words to say or write and he gave man these words for us to follow and plan our future. He could have destroyed the earth many, many years ago but he chose not too.  He knows there are people out there that has not heard about him and needs to meet him before he comes back.  He wants to see how much faith we do have in him and how much we are willing to sacrifice for him. He needs to know who will truly love him to the end.  And the best part is that there will be no end with God.  Praise the Lord!!!!!   

I ask you where do you stand today with God?  Are you planning your future with him?  Where do you want to spend eternity?  It is up to you.  You have a choice.  You choose.  (Matthew 5:8)