Focus on The Goal
Jodi Gillians

April 1, 2009 6th – 8th Grade chapel

Phillipians 3:12-14  (The Message)


 12-14 I'm not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don't get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I've got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus. I'm off and running, and I'm not turning back.

 

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We pursue lots of things (popularity, entertainment, money, love)
God pursues (chases after) us for relationship.  (Even when we don’t pursue Him).
When we chase after anything but God, we will never be satisfied.  It will always be not enough.
God pursues (or chases) us because He wants a relationship with us. He wants each one of us to know Him and His son, Jesus.  He wants us to know Him so bad that He sent Jesus to die in our place. And he doesn’t stop there.

 

 

Will you let God catch you?  Will you stay focused on the goal (Jesus) and chase after Him with everything you got?

 

Audio File:

1. Pursuing the Goal.mp3 (6.82 MB)