An Objective We Must Achieve

This is today's devotion that I sent out. I wanted to share it with others as a reminder that we are not lone rangers or lone groups in the body of Christ. There is one body of which we are several members.

Acts 14:22 (KJV) Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

Note the passion, the fervent commitment on the part of the body of Christ that together, we must enter into the kingdom of God. Failure is not an option. Whatever trials or tribulations we must endure are of little cost compared to the objective of entering into the kingdom of God. We leave no one behind that desires to enter. Has this passion dissipated since that first generation of believers? Are we now more committed to superficial things such as denomination or doctrine? Or even more disconcerting, have we become more engrossed in self than in others? Many times, it appears the statement has changed to “I must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.” The personal responsibility of helping others enter has been discarded like so many flotsam and jetsam. Bear another’s burden in order to help them enter into the kingdom? I have enough burdens of my own! It is time we begin to strip away those issues of little consequence and begin focusing on the true objective – we must enter into the kingdom of God.

I pray that this will serve as a reminder that we keep our focus on what the true goal is.