One of the advantages of modern technology is the use of the navigation system in our cars. Most of these systems that have greatly improved over the years can truly be depended upon to take one to their desired destination.
The beauty of the navigation system is that it always has an end in mind.

Before the journey begins, your navigation system demands for the end, and when that information is imputed,  it works from where you are with the aim of taking you to where you want to be.

If I asked you a question like ” Where do you see yourself in the next 2, 5,10 or 20 years “? and you responded with something like “5 years is a long time, I barely know where I would be next week”, then that tells me that you view life in general as a chance occurrence, sitting/ wishing that something will happen.

There are people who are adamant in their belief that what will happen will happen, and we as humans have no part to play in anything. That very belief takes away the power of choice and free will. It suggests that we are all controlled by a giant force against our will.

Now if this was the case, you wouldn’t feel pressed to go to the toilet and decide against it because you didn’t want to miss your favourite scene of a movie or you wouldn’t change your mind after deciding what flavour ice-cream to have. These illustrations, though simple,  indicate the power in everyone to make choices, in this case,the choice to discover purpose and destiny.

The more you seek to discover purpose, the more goal oriented you become, and the more goal oriented you become,  the more you walk towards purpose.

A goal simply is having an end in view from the very beginning. If you leave your life to chance, the chances are that you will merely exist without truly living.

Going back to the illustration at the beginning with the navigation system,  having an end goal/destination doesn’t suggest that everything would go smoothly. Infact, like road scenarios, there would be times of disruption like when there are road closures,  an accident or unplanned roadworks, still, the system has the ability to recalculate the journey and produce a different route to get you to your destination. That is similar to what having a  goal does.

When you have a goal in front of you , you are more likely to take on an unexpected challenge that comes your way because your mind sees the end goal and recognises obstacles for what they are – distractions.

Any goal not written down or documented in some form is merely wishful thinking, and as exciting as wishful thinking is, it would fade away after a while.

In Habakkuk chapter two and the second part of  verse two, says

“Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it.”

Today, we hear about making smart goals and how effective they can be; this is a confirmation of this scripture in Habakkuk which encourages us to make our vision (goal) plain so that it becomes achievable.

When the vision/goal is plain enough,  it becomes easy to run with ( achievable) because your daily actions become driven by your end goal/result.

Challenge yourself today if you already haven’t, to be more intentional with everything you do, having the end in mind!

Every blessing

Kingdom