My spiritual targets for life

For me, I feel that God has taken great care of me, and is my turn to set some spiritual or character goals for myself. My goal for this year is to be a faithful lab of the Good Shepard.

By setting this goal for myself, as a student in TCIS, I will try to speak the truth and be honest with people around me. People who are not honest and lie infront of God will deny it and will try not to think about it because he or she is afraid that someone will find out the truth: “Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.” (NIV John 3:20) is a verse that I think really expresses my thoughts. A person who is truthful and sincere will likely have better relationships with God and will believe in Him compared to the person who is deceitful and dishonest: “but whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it maybe seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God” (NIV John 3:21) is a verse that accurately sums up my second thought.

My second goal is to try to be always thankful to God: “…Naked I came form my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.” (NIV Job 1:21). This verse was what Job was saying to God after His first test on Job. It was to see if Job would blame and curse God if his possessions were taken away from him, but when it happened, instead of cursing God as Satan thought, Job thanked Him and praised His name. God had said to Satan that there was no one Earth like Job; he was blameless and upright, a man who feared God and shunned evil. God was right. Job did not blame God for the unfortunate events that occurred to him, and in the end, Job was rewarded with more fortune, more land, more cattle than before the test. The verse appears to be an explaining the importance of always being thankful to God. I might not be able to be like job, but I will do my best to be thankful of God at all times.

On the whole, I set two goals for myself. The first goal was to make attempt of being frank and sincere to the people who are around me, including God. The second goal was to try feeling thankful to God for everything, which should be done by everyone, in my opinion. In conclusion, I pray to God with the hope of being able to achieve these goals during my life.