My life’s word sums up all of my goals and dreams, it is the one word that I hope will describe my life after I’ve died and they put my body in the ground. For me this word is Faithful.
adjective
1. strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
2. true to one's word, promises, vows, etc.
3. steady in allegiance or affection; loyal; constant: faithful friends.
4. reliable, trusted, or believed.
5. adhering or true to fact, a standard, or an original; accurate: a faithful account; a faithful copy.
6. Obsolete. full of faith; believing.
noun
7. the faithful.
- the believers, especially members of a Christian church or adherents of Islam.
- the body of loyal members of any party or group.
I will never be perfect... I’ve failed too many times for that. But if I keep getting back up when I stumble, if I keep seeking Him and put His Will first in all things, if I keep pressing on toward the goal, then I may be faithful.
I love the quote in Matthew 25:14-30 (read it!), “Well done my good and faithful servant”. That’s all I want out of life, to be called faithful. Every one of my goals require that trait.
What word reflects the goals that you have?
“Faithfully commit my life to the Lord as a willing and faithful servant.”
"Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy,
to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."
“Faithfully commit my life to the Lord as a willing and faithful servant.”
How can I do anything less than this in view of His great love, mercy and faithfulness? Yet, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. It’s a struggle. Romans 7:14-25. Why do you think that the entire Scripture is full of either pleas for the ungodly to repent or warnings to the righteous not to be deceived or fall away? Be alert, be on guard and be ready to take your stand against the devils schemes. It is a struggle, it is a war.
I leave you with this excerpt:
Hebrews 3:12-14 "See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end."
Blessings in all your goal writing endeavors,
Bethany