Bulls-Eye

Bulls – Eye

Bible: Psalm 86

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Teach me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth (V.11 NKJV).

If we’re not careful, we can become like the man who prided himself on being an expert archer. The secret to his success was that after he shot his arrow at the side of a barn, he painted a bull’s-eye around the arrow . . . It’s easy to live our lives doing what we want and thinking that our ways and instincts are spot on when in reality our ‘bull’s-eye’ shots at life are not on target at all. Proverbs 14:12 says, “There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.” Sometimes it may feel right to get our own back, tell a white lie, get angry, fight back or anything else. But God’s ways are different from ours. He has painted a bull’s-eye on forgiving those who have hurt us, on giving generously to those in need, on living to please Him rather than ourselves and on turning the other cheek. We need to pray, “Teach me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth” (PSALM 86:11 NKJV). And then we need to aim to follow His ways in all that we do and say. But we all need help to aim at the right target. Thankfully, the bull’s-eye is already painted in the brushstrokes of the Bible. When we aim our lives at what He says, we’ll see that His ways are right on target—every time!

GOD’S WAYS ARE OUR TARGETS FOR LIVING WELL.

Youth Edition – Our Daily Bread Ministries