1Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”—
We all need a goal in life, a goal worthy of a life. This goal will cost you your life. Everything you have and are will be spent in attaining this goal, so make it a good one. That does not mean there won’t be some smaller goals along the way, but we all need a really big goal or life is not really worth living. I have some friends who like to target shoot. They have targets of different distances from their firing position. It is easiest to hit all the targets if they are all in the same direction, not having to constantly get yourself repositioned between shots. When they are all in the same direction you can simply make the fine adjustment and aim at the next target. The same is true in life. When all your goals are in the same direction, it is easier to obtain them; each goal supports the accomplishment of all the others. Being a successful and faithful husband supports raising healthy, confident children. Having a stable family supports success in career endeavors. That is why the author of our passage today tells his readers to remember the LORD in the days of their youth. In essence he is saying, get a good target and stay focused on it all your life. So, what are your BIG goals in life? Are they really worth obtaining? Are they worth dying for? If not, they are not worth living for.
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