My Goal Is Not

My Goal Is Not:

To “feel” the presence of the Lord…To see great signs and wonders…..to move in great power to heal the sick and raise the dead. Or to preach a great sermon or write a great paper…..Or to emotionally move people to a so called repentance.

Even a love for true doctrine alone can not be my ultimate goal, for it is not enough in these last days. For none of these things can save me or anyone else. All of these things can be used to deceive my heart into thinking I am “ok” with God.

(2 Thessalonians 2:9-12) Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

I have seen so many people, who at one time taught such great truths fall into deception. You wonder how could they, knowing all that they knew, fall for such deception. Then we realize that it is not just “knowing” it but “living” it. And then, even more than that…it is seeking the wrong things! God will have no other god before him! If we are seeking all these things that were mentioned above, instead of God himself and his righteousness, we have idols before our heart, and God will answer us according to our idols. The motives and intent of our hearts we cannot hide from God. God will not share his Glory with anyone or anything including signs and wonders!

(Ezekiel 14:4) Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Every man of the house of Israel that taketh his idols into his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I Jehovah will answer him therein according to the multitude of his idols;

(Luke 10:19-20) Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

The world seeks after these things, But God knows what we have need of. We are to seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness and these signs will follow after us. We don’t follow after them.

(Matthew 6:32-33) (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

My Goal is to be found worthy and to enter into his rest:

(Philippians 3:12) Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

(Philippians 3:14) I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

(1 Timothy 6:11-12) But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.