Setting Goals

So here's my plan to balance my spiritual education and my secular education:

(Matthew 6:25-34) 25 “On this account I say to YOU: Stop being anxious about YOUR souls as to what YOU will eat or what YOU will drink, or about YOUR bodies as to what YOU will wear. Does not the soul mean more than food and the body than clothing? 26 Observe intently the birds of heaven, because they do not sow seed or reap or gather into storehouses; still YOUR heavenly Father feeds them. Are YOU not worth more than they are? 27 Who of YOU by being anxious can add one cubit to his life span? 28 Also, on the matter of clothing, why are YOU anxious? Take a lesson from the lilies of the field, how they are growing; they do not toil, nor do they spin; 29 but I say to YOU that not even Sol´o·mon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these. 30 If, now, God thus clothes the vegetation of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much rather clothe YOU, YOU with little faith? 31 So never be anxious and say, ‘What are we to eat?’ or, ‘What are we to drink?’ or, ‘What are we to put on?’ 32 For all these are the things the nations are eagerly pursuing. For YOUR heavenly Father knows YOU need all these things. 33 “Keep on, then, seeking first the
kingdom and his righteousness, and all these [other] things will be added to
YOU. 34 So, never be anxious about the next day, for the next day will have
its own anxieties. Sufficient for each day is its own badness.

One thing that I have seen over my years of serving God is that whenever his servants put his will, his service, first in their lives, everything else falls into place. This doesn't mean that they don't have problems. But they are better equipped to handle their problems if they always put spiritual things first.

So that's my goal for my secular education. I'm putting it in its proper place in my life. My primary goal in life is to pursue and expand a fuller share in the ministry. The way to do this and maintain my secular education is to set up a schedule and stick to it. Up until now, my life has been hit or miss, in most areas. But I need clear directions, I crave it. I know it's the only way to achieve my goals.