The Ability to Stay on Task....

Goal setting: every January people are gung ho about exercising and getting healthier, only a few weeks later finding themselves back at the donut shops and fast food restaurants, abandoning their plan. The problem with goal setting is the ability to stay on task, and not making your goals realistic, measurable, and attainable. It’s so easy to get off track and lose sight of the goal. Here in Proverbs 4:25-27, it clearly gets to the heart of our failure to achieve goals; we lose our focus. We allow ourselves to follow things that might even be evil. If you are one to set goals, do yourself a favor, don’t set them if you don’t have the ability to keep your focus on them. It will only make you feel like a failure if you don’t. And you know where that will lead you. Ask God to help you. He can do it. He’s the greatest helper, motivator, and companion you can ever have. When the goal is achieved, you’ll have someone to share the satisfaction with, and also a recipient of your praise for helping you through.

25 Look straight ahead,and fix your eyes on what lies before you.26 Mark out a straight path for your feet;stay on the safe path.27 Don’t get sidetracked;keep your feet from following evil. Proverbs 4:25-27