I am reaching for the highest goal
That I might receive the prize
As I was singing these words last Sunday at Affinity, I asked myself, “Do I really reach for the highest goal? Am I striving for a prize? Should I even be doing that? Can I even do that?” Or should we simply be reaching for Jesus. So, this is where the stream of consciousness began, from “In the Secret” lyrics, to reaching, to rock climbing, to handholds, to reaching for Jesus.
If you put a group of people at the bottom of a rock climbing route, no matter how awesome the crack is, each person will take a slightly different route. Yet, they are all seeking after the same thing, to reach the top of the climb. And I began to wonder how this might pertain to the Christian journey. You have a group of people who are on this ‘journey’ but each of them is going to do it differently. So often, we think “Hey — THIS handhold, or THIS foothold worked for me, so it’s definitely going to work for you – reach there, up, to your right, come on!” And in reality, it may or may not work for that person — and they may find a handhold or foothold that works so much better for them. But what happens, is that I may be so offended, distraught or worried about them because they didn’t do it “my way,” that I forget to stop and realize that they are reaching for the same goal – they are seeking the same Jesus – they’re just doing it a different way. [Thoughts…?]