Godly Goal Setting Starts with a Promise
BY RICK WARREN — APRIL 6, 2016
根据神的应许制定合神心意的目标
“The Lord, the God of heaven, brought me from the home of my father and the land of my relatives. And he promised me, ‘I will give this land to your descendants’” (Genesis 24:7a NCV).
“耶和华天上的主，曾带领我离开父家和本族的地，对我说话向我起誓说：‘我要将这地赐给你的后裔。’”（创世纪24:7a）
The Bible has more than 7,000 promises from God to you — promises of success, confidence, health, prosperity, strength, wisdom, and more. Why does God make these promises?
上帝在圣经中有超过7000多条应许，有关于成功、信心、健康、兴盛、加力量、赐智慧的应许等等。那么，为什么上帝要赐下这些应许呢？
Because he wants you to learn to trust him.
因为上帝想让你学习去信靠他。
When you set a goal, don’t focus on the problems; focus on the promises. Find a promise in God’s Word that will take you to your goal.
在制定目标时，不要把焦点放在问题上，而要定睛在(神的)应许上。从神的话语中找到能帮你实现目标的应许。
This is what Abraham does when Eliezer, his servant, starts to worry about accomplishing the goal he is given. In today’s verse, Abraham tells Eliezer about the promise he received from God: “The Lord will send his angel before you to help you get a wife for my son there” (Genesis 24:7b NCV).
当亚伯拉罕的仆人以利以谢为着能否完成主人交付给他的任务而忧虑时，亚伯拉罕是如此做的。正如今天我们所看的经文，亚伯拉罕把从神那里领受的应许告诉了以利以谢：“主必差遣使者在你前面，你就可以从那里为我儿子娶一个妻子。”（创世纪24:7b）
You don’t need an angel, because dozens of time in Scripture God has said, “I’ll be with you no matter where you go.” God is always with you, whether you feel it or not. You just need to plug into his power.
而你并不需要一个天使，因为在圣经中上帝屡次告诉我们：“你无论往哪里去，我必与你同在。”无论你是否感觉得到，上帝一直与你同在，你所做的就是让他的大能来覆庇你。
The size of your God determines the size of your goal. And, godly goal setting always starts with a promise of God. Don’t look at your limitations; look at the promises of God.
你所认识的上帝有多大，你的目标就有多大，合神心意的目标始于上帝的应许。不要定睛在你的有限上，要定睛在神的应许上。
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讨论
• What promise do you find in God’s Word today?
• 今天你在上帝的话语中找到了哪些应许?
• How does that promise inspire you to set a God-sized goal?
• 神的应许如何激励你制定一个伟大的目标?
• Why should the promise that God is always with you change the kind of goal you set?
• 为什么上帝一直与你同在的应许会使你制定的目标发生改变?