Next Steps 1.0 - Securing The Foundation

5. It involves a continual reaching toward a mark, goal or destiny.

Luke 9:62, NKJV But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.” Laying a good foundation in our life is not just a one-time commitment, it is a life-time commitment. It is realizing that God has a plan for my life and then doing what I can to reach forward and fulfill my God-ordained destiny. As costly as this all seems, nothing is ever really a sacrifice when it comes to our service to God, because what God asks us to give up for Him is not worthy to be compared to what He gives back to us in return. He asks us for things that are only going to hurt us or lead us down the wrong path and He replaces themwith things that will bring us abundant life (John 10:10).

Read and meditate on the following verses. What do they speak to you?

Luke 18:28-30, NKJV Then Peter said, “See, we have left all and followed You.” So He said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the age to come eternal life.”

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