DIRECTION;
GOALS; CHURCH: FOCUS

The Lord would seem to be more concerned with where we are going rather than how fast. A steady pace in the right direction will lead to the right goal at last, but if the life is aimed at the wrong goal, speed will only take us further astray in a shorter time.

Lack of direction is the cause of many tragic failures in religious activities. The churches are overrun with persons of both sexes (though the vast majority are men) who have never known a clear call of God to anything in particular. Such people are often victims of whim and chance, the easy prey of ambitious leaders who seek to gain prominence by using others for their own ends. The directionless Christian is the one who supports the new and spectacular, regardless of whether or not it is in accord with the Scriptures and the revealed will of God.

A great economizing of time and effort can be effected by learning what we should do and then sticking to it, quietly refusing to be turned aside from our task.

Proverbs 3:5–6; Ephesians 4:14–16; 3 John 9

This World: Playground or Battleground?, 63, 64.