Read: John 17:1-5
I have
glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to
do. John 17:4
In every
area of work or sports, there are goals that the people involved in them are
striving toward. In football, the ultimate goal is to win the Super Bowl. In
baseball, the ultimate goal is to win the World Series. In hockey, it is to win
the Stanley Cup. In research, it is to find a cure for this sickness or that
disease. In business, the ultimate goal is to land the big-money deal or to
boost the company’s bottom line. Whatever the field, there are plateaus that
everyone is trying to reach.
It ought to be the goal of every Christian
to say as Christ said in John 17:4, “I have glorified thee on earth: I have
finished the work which thou gavest me to do.” God gives to some people greater
and more difficult tasks than he gives to others. To some, God gives the
responsibility of giving their lives to pastor a church in the United States.
To others, He asks them to give up all the comforts of home to serve Him on a
foreign mission field. God may ask some to get a business degree and serve Him
in their job by witnessing for Him. He may ask another to serve Him by devoting
time reaching the poor or downtrodden. Whatever it is that God has for you, you
ought to do it to the best of your ability, and you ought to strive to
accomplish the goal that He has laid out for you.
In each of the fields already mentioned,
as well as in so many others, those who are aiming toward a goal will spend
exorbitant amounts of time training and studying to be the best that they can
be so that they will be able to accomplish their goal and win the highest
prize. We, as Christians, must do the same. We must spend time reading and
studying the Word of God, praying for God’s guidance and direction for each
day, and making sacrifices that will help us to do exactly what God has for our
lives.
Can you imagine the joy that we will have
if, after we have done everything that we possibly could for the cause of
Christ, we can stand before Him some day and honestly say, “I have glorified
you with my life on earth, and I have finished the job that You gave me to do”?
Quote of
the day: “To know God’s will is life’s greatest treasure – to do God’s will is
life’s greatest pleasure.”
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