All of us, at some point in our lives have had an individual we have idolized. A great movie star; a great rock star; a great athlete.

Go by a park and you’ll see kids playing a game of baseball or football and you will hear one of those kids saying, “I’m Kirby,” or “I’m Carson Wentz”.

You go to a party where the music is playing and whether it is Christian or not, you hear some of the guys over in the corner talking about how they would make a great guitar player as they imitate playing the lead guitar.

Not everyone can be a great athlete. A few will make it big as great musicians, but everyone of us has the ability to become a great Christian.

To be a great athlete takes practice. Running, lifting, situps, push ups and stretching for hours to hopefully someday play a sport. And yet, very few ever make it to the big time.

To be a great musician takes practice. You learn chords, rhythms, techniques and variations all to help you put a better sound together when you join with musicians, but the promise of success is still not there.

Serving Christ is the only lifestyle we have been promised reward for.

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Take a look at Philippians 3:12-14:

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“I don’t mean to say I am perfect. I haven’t learned all I should even yet, but I keep working toward that day when I will finally be all that Christ saved me for and wants me to be.
No, dear brothers, I am still not all I should be, but I am bringing all my energies to bear on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God is calling us up to heaven because of what Christ Jesus did for us.” (TLB)

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I’m Pastor Cal and I pray you reach a heart through this Reach the Heart Moment.