Focus on the Goal

Many of us have a complex journey of recovery and it sometimes overwhelms us. If one looks at Acts 20-28 and a summary of Paul’s journey from Greece / Macedonia to Jerusalem and then onto Rome you can sense the massive undertaking. He is discouraged from going, dire predictions, accusations, false imprisonment, death threats, shipwreck, snake bites, … but nothing deters him. We need to have this kind of focus and determination in our recovery journey. We need to be focused on the life God intends for us - one of righteousness and purity. Yet Satan will throw everything he has at us to distract us and drag us back into our past. Yet we need to be inspired by Paul’s example of relying on God and the Grace shown and given to us through Jesus Christ. God’s plan was for Paul to be heard in Rome and witness to Caesar, the most powerful man in the known world. God has a plan for us as well - stay focused on the goal and do not get distracted by the daily journey.