There are many and various ways of reaching a goal, including the goal of life itself, but there is one way that is more direct than any other; and when we fail to take the direct route we often find ourselves experiencing delays, difficulties and obstacles.

First, we do at least need to have a general idea of the goal we want to reach. So, you might ask yourself, in life’s journey what is your goal? Whether we realize it or not, certainly the goal of each of us is to obtain and to express good.

The attainment and the expression of good is the goal of everyone. When we go to our prayer time, or to our breakfast table, or to our place of work or recreation, or to any other activity, we are journeying toward our goal of good. There are probably times when we get a false idea of what constitutes our good, and we might seek the appearance instead of the reality, but always greater good is the goal. It is not a selfish goal. The yearning for good is built into us, put there in the divine process of creation to draw us to the realization of good.

But what is good? Is it prosperity, or success, or health? Is it peace, or happiness, or some other desired objective? Is it freedom from illness or fear? Good includes all of these things. But the great goal of life, the desire built into us, is not for different attributes of good; it is for all good, for wholeness. As Jesus said, “Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.” (Matt. 6:33)

The great goal of all good is forever drawing you, forever lifting you, forever pulling you, forever drawing you on. And it is drawing you right now. For all good is God, the Creator and Father of all. God is the source, the pulling power, and the goal. You are continually being led to the unfoldment of your highest nature.

The goal of life is God. God is the source and the substance of all good. And there is a direct way to the realization of good. It’s the way of true prayer. It was pointed out by the ancient prophets, the Psalmist saw it, Jesus walked in it unswervingly so that he could truthfully say, “I am the way . . . Follow me.” True prayer establishes contact with the divine process we call God. It brings a realization of God’s abiding presence. Only through prayer do we reach the reality of good. Prayer inspires new ideas, brings about what we call miracles, and leads us directly to a new attitude of mind and a new richness of life. Jesus demonstrated this, as have countless others who have learned how to pray.

Time spent in quiet prayer, self-realization, or meditation each day is time spent on the direct route to your good. It makes no difference what your heart’s desire may be. Prayer will lead you to it or to something better. Whatever specific need you feel is greatest in your life, you can obtain satisfaction for it through prayer. The unrest and dissatisfaction in the world today is present because we are seeking something less than the highest and the best, and because we are following a way that is not the direct way.

Begin right now to desire all good with all your heart (“Love the Lord your god with all your heart . . .”). Don’t just desire portions of it. As author Arnold Patent has said, “You can have it all.” All that you can have is yours. Begin to believe that the activity of God in you desires you to have all good; a force within you is seeking to unfold good in your life. Meditate on the realization that all good is in God, and God is the source. See your goal as a realization of the Presence of God within you. This is true prayer. All the good that God is is being offered to you and is yours for the taking.

Keep working, keep studying, and keep using your power. But first and foremost, humbly and trustingly, seek contact with the supreme infinite flow from which all else comes. The way of union with your good, and of realization that good is yours, is the way of believing prayer; it is a quiet resting in the activity of the Presence of God, in which you live and move and have your being. It’s the most direct route to whatever good you may desire in your life.

God is Blessing You, Right Now!

Rev. Alan A. Rowbotham

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