Thirty years ago, to say that I was goal driven would have been an understatement. My goals directed my life and I lived for the satisfaction of achieving them. Yet, there came a point at which I encountered a crisis that I had never experienced before. I could not come up with a new goal that excited me!It was my twenty fifth birthday and I was living my dream as a sailing instructor for Offshore Sailing School on Captiva Island, Florida. Yet, after a couple years, my dream’s glamour had begun to fade and I was starting to look for my next goal.Walking the beach nightly I rehearsed the process that had guided me for years. I focused on what I had done, what I was doing and what I wanted to do next, but I still couldn’t think of a goal that stirred my heart.Finally, in exasperation I cried out “God! What am I missing?” I can still hear the response, “You are missing Me, you need to turn to Me.” These peaceful and powerful words entered my mind and I knew they were from God. I ultimately responded,“God, I have done all that I thought would fulfill me, but remain unfulfilled. Now, it’s your turn. I don’t care whether I live another day or fifty years, my life is Yours, do with me as you please.”Thirty years later, I am more convinced than ever of the power of turning to God. Oswald Chambers described it this way,“[God] says, in effect, ‘Look to Me and you are saved,’ not ‘You will be saved someday.’ We will find what we are looking for if we will concentrate on Him.”“You are missing Me, you need to turn to Me.” These words changed my life forever. Abiding in Christ is the goal that now directs my life and satisfies my heart as I see lives transformed through turning to God.Keep on abiding,Steve
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