WHAT'S A TELEOLOGICAL GOAL?

SETTING TELEOLOGICAL GOALS

… AND MAKING SURE YOU ARE NOT BUSIER THAN YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL?

“Give me a stock clerk with a (Teleological) goal and I’ll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no (Teleological) goals and I’ll give you a stock clerk.”

—James Cash (JC) Penney

Revisit your dream. What have you changed or abandoned? What songs, books, paintings, businesses, purposes, inventions, and intentions have you left behind so long ago that you almost don’t dare to think about them again?

You need to begin believing once again that:

1.      Your dreams are authentic and important. They are put in your heart by God.

2.      You’re not powerless, worthless, or hopeless. You have great value and significance.

3.      What’s inside of you is more powerful than any circumstance.

4.      More importantly, who’s inside you is more powerful than any problem in front of you..

5.      Turbulence, chaos, ambiguity, and change are not there to stop you. They are there to strengthen, shape, mold, and ultimately help you.

As our Lord hung on the cross, shedding His blood so that we can be saved and experience joy and successful purpose in Him for all eternity, He said, “Tetelestai!” which means, “It is finished!” (John 19:30).

As a person with “Christ in you,” you are “teleological.” This means that you’re supposed to be a finisher too!

Teleological acts are those that lock on their target like the heat-seeking sensors on a missile: they don’t stop no matter what resistance comes to deceive them or knock them off course, they hit their target anyway. If you aim a gun at a target and pull the trigger, once the bullet leaves the gun, you have no control as to where it will land. With a heat-seeking missile, once you’ve locked on the target, no matter how much turbulence occurs or how evasive the target gets, it will course correct as often as is necessary to reach its goal.

Absent a destination, any road will take you there. Goals give you a destination, and whether you think you have them or not, you do. If in your mind, you consider yourself to be a C student; a lower-level employee; a non-athlete; a fat, depressed, old person; and so on, then believe it or not, because you’re teleological, you’ll achieve those very goals. You’re aimed at failure, and what’s worse, you’re hitting the target right on the bull’s-eye!

On the other hand, if you have rich and powerful goals, you’re teleologically aimed at winning. You’re a guided missile! What’s great is that you’re locked on to hit those targets now or later. If the goals are clear, tangible, visible, vivid, well-planned goals, you are literally spiritually designed to hit them.

THE FOLLOWING AREAS ALL DESERVE GOALS:

Determine your priorities which are the spokes on your “wheel of life.”

·         Spiritual

·         Family

·         Fitness

·         Physical health

·         Personal development

·         Financial

·         Your purpose

·         Fun/trips/possessions

If you’re “busy” but not succeeding in these critical areas of your life than consider, “Are you busier than you are successful?”  Let us know how we can help.

With God, all things are possible,

Dr. Ben Lerner


Ben Lerner