"Achieving the Goal"

Luke 18:31

Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.

"Achieving the Goal"

Jesus Christ, was given a mission commissioned of God to Achieve! Jesus pressed on to achieving the goal, right from the start! He destined himself to accomplish his task for his Father, and for you! Jesus, Achieved the goal! And that is to be crucified and die on the cross of Calvary and to be sent to the heart of the earth called hell to pay the price for sin, just for you! God loves you! Jesus said to his disciples, "Behold, we go up to Jerusalem," and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.

This word achieving present participle of a·chieve (Verb)

1. Reach or attain (a desired objective, level, or result) by effort, skill, or courage: "he achieved his ambition to become, etc"; "people striving to achieve". 2. Accomplish or bring about.

In Oswald Chambers daily devotional for 23rd of the month, is this: In the natural life our ambitions alter as we develop; in the Christian life the goal is given at the beginning, the beginning and the end are the same, viz., Our Lord Himself. We start with Christ and we end with Him - "until we all attain to the stature of the manhood of Christ Jesus," not to our idea of what the Christian life should be. The aim of the missionary is to do God's will, not to be useful, not to win the heathen; he is useful and he does win the heathen, but that is not his aim. His aim is to do the will of his Lord.

In Our Lord's life Jerusalem was the place where He reached the climax of His Father's will upon the Cross, and unless we go with Jesus there we will have no companionship with Him. Nothing ever discouraged Our Lord on His way to Jerusalem. He never hurried through certain villages where He was persecuted, or lingered in others where He was blessed. Neither gratitude nor ingratitude turned Our Lord one hair's breadth away from His purpose to go up to Jerusalem.

 "The disciple is not above his Master." The same things will happen to us on our way to our Jerusalem. There will be the works of God manifested through us, people will get blessed, and one or two will show gratitude and the rest will show gross ingratitude, but nothing must deflect us from going up to our Jerusalem.

"There they crucified Him." That is what happened when Our Lord reached Jerusalem, and that happening is the gateway to our salvation. The saints do not end in crucifixion: by the Lord's grace they end in glory. In the meantime our watchword is - I, too, go up to Jerusalem. "God cares about you!"

In John 19:30 it said; When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

Notice in this scripture; This was Jesus himself saying "It is finished." Jesus had signified that he has "Achieved the Goal." The Good News is Jesus Christ is the gateway to our salvation. Jesus with his shed blood paid the price for sin which I-Corinthians 6:20 says; For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.  Jesus brought us back to God! Thank you Jesus for all you have accomplished  for us. Praise and glorify Jesus Christ! I leave you now with this song of thanks giving unto Him the author and finisher of your faith;