[Biblemat] A) THE HIGHEST GOAL

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Brethren and Friends, Jim Sasser here.  A very good Thursday
morning to each and everyone.  May God bless you and yours.
Here is a article from my files:

THE HIGHEST GOAL

     What are you living for in your few years here on this earth?  Wealth, 
influence or fame?

     One business management instructor asked his students
to draft a personal strategic plan.  He reported that "with few
exceptions, what they wanted fell into three categories: mon-
ey, power, and thngs."

     The Apostle Paul's ambition was completely different:  "But whatever 
things were gain to me, those things I have
counted as loss for the sake of Christ.  More than that, I count all things 
to be loss in view of the surpassing value of
knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the
loss of all things, and count them but rubbish in order that I
may gain Christ" (Phil. 3:7,8).

     His intense desire was to know Jesus and become increas-
ingly conformed to His holy example:  "That I may know Him,
and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His 
sufferings, being conformed to His death" (Phil. 3:10).

     What is our highest goal?  Do we just want to make a 
bunch of money, which can never buy lasting happiness?  Or
do we want to become more like Jesus?  A wise person will
set his goals on heavenly things:  "But grow in the grace and
knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (2 Pet. 3:18).
----------- Shane Williams in The Lilbourn Light, Vol. 7, No. 8,
Dec. 2006.
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