Back To Home Page To Archives - Spring of Life - H. Roger Bothwell The Goal of Our Faith Goal setting is important. Without a clearly defined goal we waste precious time and finite energy wondering about getting nowhere. Sometimes that's nice if that is the purpose of the next two weeks or so. But in the overall scheme of life everyone needs a purpose and a destination of some definition. Life is too precious to waste away purposely going anywhere that usually ends up being nowhere. We should establish a goal for our faith. The goal of our faith is to reproduce the character of Christ as accurately as possible in this frail body that is still subject to the passions of the flesh. Those aren't going to be removed until this corruption puts on incorruption. See I Corinthians 15 and Romans 7. Recently I heard someone say the goal of faith should be salvation. But one need not have a goal for something they already have and salvation is a gift instantly ours when we make Jesus the Lord of our life. See I John. We set goals for something we don't yet have. One thing exciting about setting a goal of being like Jesus is the inherent aspect of eternal growth. While we never will arrive, even in the heaven, we will constantly grow and thus gain more and more happiness. It is like the frog jumping across the road half of the remaining distance with each jump. The frog can get so close it can benefit from the proximity to the goal. We richly benefit by being in the neighborhood as we become more and more like the one who died for us. I'm Roger Bothwell and my address is roger.bothwell@verizon.net or 151 Old Farm Rd. Leominster, MA 01453. Thank you for your support of our faith ministry. Past devotionals can be accessed at Archives