The goal

The goal of a worker for God must not be as near the highest as he can get, it must be the highest. Be careful to maintain tirelessly God's point of view, it has to be done every day, bit by bit; do not think on the limited. No outside power can touch the goal.

The goal to maintain is that we are here for one purpose only, that is., to be captives in the train of Christ's victories. We are here to display one thing - the complete captivity of our lives to Jesus Christ.

Paul says - I am in the train of a conqueror, and it does not matter what the difficulties are, I am always led in triumph.
Paul's secret joy was that God took him, a red-handed rebel against Jesus Christ, and made him a captive, and now that is all he is here for.
Paul's joy was to be a captive of the Lord, he had no other interest in heaven or in earth. It is a shameful thing for a Christian to talk about getting the victory. The Victor ought to have got us so completely that it is His victory all the time, and we are more than conquerors through Him.

2 Corinthians 2:14
Now thanks be to God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ.

(0151) 25 April 2007