A Prayer About Destination

When I live with purpose

GOD,

When I gave my life to Christ, it marked the end of what felt, at the time, like a long process. It was, after all, a journey toward you from my birth until then. I rejoiced in that moment, knowing that by faith I had been transformed, reborn, and adopted into your family. But in truth, that experience, my spiritual birth, was also the beginning of life together with you, as your child, and I began a lifetime walk in your direction. My life now has purpose and meaning because my goal is to honor you. At first they were baby steps, but each day I take more and longer steps with you, one at a time, focused on you and your will for me, always moving forward to reach your prize. Thank you, Lord, for saving me and diverting me from the wrong path of the power and penalty of sin, heading toward ultimate destruction. And thank you for leading every step toward my final destination, an eternity with you. I sleep, now, knowing my future is secure in you.

Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. 1 Corinthians 9:24-27