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A New Way to Set Goals: A step-by-step process to align yourself with GOD's Will for you

What goals do you have for this new year???

Today, we are going to talk about some methods for setting goals …

That are perhaps counter-cultural …

To help you on your journey as an athlete and a coach for Christ.

Setting Goals

It’s that time of year when many people set goals, such as:

• Losing weight
• Making money
• Whatever else they want to achieve

Throughout my life, I have set many goals, and most of my goals were SMART:

• Specific
• Measurable
• Action-Oriented
• Realistic
• Timely

Or whatever that acronym stood for.

Then I would take that large, overarching goal, reverse engineer it into tiny micro goals and action steps that would lead to that overarching goal.

(Just like the self-help and personal development crowd tells you to do 🙂 !)

The Problem

However, the more I followed this rigid structure, the worse I felt and the more GOD threw me curveballs that would foil my plans.

Then, one day, I heard someone say this:

Man plans … and GOD laughs!”

This was evident in my life.

The more I made these detailed, structured plans, the more GOD would provide me with uncontrollable events that would derail those plans.

My Realization

Eventually, I realized if GOD’s ways and plans are so much higher than my ways and plans …

Who am I to force my own agenda when GOD is designing something so much greater for me.

Since then, I have perceived that the process of setting goals is less about getting a desired outcome, but …

More about aligning yourself with GOD’s Will for your life.

An Exercise for This

Below, I will provide you with a 3-step process to help you practice aligning with GOD’s Will for you. Then, I will provide a link to guide you through the process.

1. Stillness- Remove yourself from the outside world and tune into your heart, into the Holy Spirit inside you
2. Dream- Ask the Holy Spirit to show you GOD’s overarching Will for your life … let the Holy Spirit guide you without restrictions as you do this
3. Integration- Once you see what the Holy Spirit is showing you, commit to one action step in the next 24 hours to generate momentum in fulfilling this Will

As you continue to take these action steps, GOD will use that momentum to guide you to the experiences, opportunities, and people to carry out that will.

Here is a guided audio to this exercise: 

Click Here for Exercise 

You can use this a few times, but then I encourage you to transition to doing it yourself without guidance.

Athletes and coaches for Christ, I wish you well on your journey of aligning your will with GOD’s overarching Will for you, and I send love, gratitude, peace, and blessings to you.

Inspiring YOU every step of your way,

Kyle