When my daughter and her family were in town for a visit, I had a chance to take my son and two sons-in-law for a "guy" outing. We decided that while the ladies were shopping, we would go to a firing range and practice shooting. We rented two pistols and took aim at our targets. While shooting, all four of us discovered that on one of the firearms the sight was set too low. If we aimed using that sight, we hit the bottom of the target. We had to aim high in order to hit anywhere near the bulls-eye.
Isn't life a lot like that? If we set our sights too low, we really don't accomplish all that we can. Sometimes we have to aim high in order to reach the desired goal. What should be our aim in life? How high should we point our ambitions?
Well, since Scripture is our true guide, we will shoot for nothing but spiritual maturity. In fact, in Paul's farewell to the people of Corinth, he said, "Aim for perfection" (2 Cor. 13:11, NIV). And we also have the high aim of these words from the lips of Jesus, "You shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect" (Matt. 5:48). Perfection is a lofty target, and we won't attain it in this life. But if we want to honor God and get close to that high goal, we need to aim high. Conversion is the miracle of a moment; maturing takes a lifetime.
AMEN
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