If all you do is forget the past,
you may just have amnesia. Successful
people are goal oriented. They focus on the future.
Philippians 3:13-14 (NIV) But one thing I do: Forgetting what is
behind and straining toward what is ahead, I
press on toward the goal."
Successful people are goal
oriented. Paul had a single priority. The most common disease for many
people today is fragmentosis, which is trying to do one hundred different things at the same time. Jack of all trades; master of none. For many
people it’s all about multitasking. Most
people are spread out too thin. Like having to text message and drive at the
same time or having two or three phones on the go at the same time.
Light
diffused is powerless and weak. If you take light and concentrate it, you have a laser. It is powerful. That is
the power of focus. Life focusing on one thing is powerful.
If you want to be successful, there is a secret; focus. Professionals concentrate on one thing. They specialize. You can't know everything, be
everything or do everything.
The Apostle Paul says "I face my faults, forget the former
and focus on the future and that is the one thing I do. I have my goal clearly
in mind."
Less than 5% of the people ever
write down a life goal. It is not by
accident that the 5% that do are the top
leaders in their field. Write it down and focus on specific goals.
1
Corinthians 9:24 (NIV) Do you not know that in a race all the runners run,
but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.
There is a certain way of running,
the way professionals run towards the goal.
What was Paul's goal? 2
Corinthians 5:9 (NIV) So we make it our goal to please Him.
There is no more rewarding goal in life than to please God. Paul wanted
to be able to stand at the end of his life and
hear Jesus say, "Well done thou good
and faithful servant. You were faithful in a few things. Come into my joy." (Mt 5:21; 23)
The question we need to ask ourselves is: What am I living for? What is my goal in life? What's most important?
If you don't know where you're going, nobody else
does...... Focus!
Read: Philippians 3:12-16
