However, as it is written:
“No eye has seen,
no ear has heard,
no mind has conceived
what God has prepared for those who love him” –
but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit.
The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
1 Corinthians 2:9-10
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.
President John F. Kennedy, 1962
For many of us, this happened in our lifetime. Nearly all of us have seen footage of the moon landing and have heard and read that America did what seemingly could not be done. The phrase in this challenge that seems most relevant to us as we look to the future concerns the way that the Kennedy’s goal served “…to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills...” Kennedy’s challenge engaged a generation in pursuit of his goal.
Goal setting can be a tricky thing, can’t it? Can you name the last goal you set—and achieved? Think about that for a few minutes. Why did you set that goal? What drove you? What kept you on track toward finishing and achieving what you set out to do? Did you complete that goal in the time frame you set for it? What was the reward for you? Was it worth it?
While we can go through our day-to-day lives just reacting to what happens around us, we need goals to help us do the things we need to do, as well as the things that we want to do. So how essential is it that we articulate our goals and vision?
Your Mission
In your prayers today, use the phrase “Father, help me to use the best of my energies and skills in your service.” Keep your eyes open to what he shows you.
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