Follow God's Plan to Crush Your Goals!
When I wrote the book "Magnetic Woman: 21 Days to Regain Your Power" I did it with God leading the way. I wrote based on the premise that we are divinely created, a Masterpiece. A Masterpiece is created for the Master's use to Show-Up: Spiritually Healthy Overcoming Whole and United for Purpose. Show Up in every pursuit of life, love and goals (big or small).
As we enter the second half of the year, be encouraged. Do not run out of fuel, energy, or get faint in your well doing! God is giving supernatural grace to finish the race and crush your goals!
That being said, I also recognize many Christians believe that pursuing our goals goes against certain Christian beliefs and counteracts whatever plan God has in store for us. On the contrary - there are numerous Scriptures which encourage us to pursue our goals and achieve success.
Having said that, there is a caveat: our goals must be in alignment with God's will and design for our lives, as individuals and as a whole for humanity. The key is to see your life in partnership with God in the creative process to nurture and flourish the world; that is to be fruitful and multiply.
Consider these passages from the Bible:
Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
1 Chronicles 4:10 “Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, ‘Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.’ And God granted his request.”
The Promise of God
In Jeremiah, God tells you there is a plan for you: a wonderful and amazing plan. It’s a plan for success and joy.
Where did God plant that plan? In your heart, of course! God has given you the desire to succeed and manifest His work in this world.
The question is, “How do I find that plan?”
Since God planted the plan in your heart, look in your heart. Look prayerfully.
Try these strategies to discover this plan:
01) What is your passion? Your passion holds the dreams which God planted in your heart. Follow your passion.
02) Are you pushing it away? Is there something niggling in the back of your mind you're trying to avoid? Bring it to the forefront. Look at it clearly. This may contain God's plan for you that your ego wants to avoid. Your ego is that part of you that wants your will, not God's.
03) The "What then?" trick. Ask yourself, “Once I achieve that goal, what then would I want?” Keep asking "what then" until you have this deep ah-ha experience that says, "That's it. That's the ultimate plan for my life."
Trust God's Promise
God's not going to give you the entire plan all at once.
After all, you might get scared if you discovered God wanted you to begin a world-wide coaching business that would require writing three books a year for the next 10 years, managing a staff of 100 people, and others being jealous of you or speaking untruths about you.
God doesn't seem to write with straight lines. The path may meander about, especially when you interject your own will. God then re-writes the path and you're set again.
The key is trusting that God has everything in hand, even when you can't see more than 10 feet, or even 10 steps in front of you.