Setting Your Sites

An archer draws the bow and then releases the arrow. Proficiency, the archers’ steadiness, setting eyes on the goal, and using arrows compatible with the bow determine whether or where they hit the intended target. The same is true of marksmen who must set their weapons’ sites and use the proper ammunition. They each aim for the bullseye, the perfect score.

The believer’s bullseye is to love God above all, love others, and tell the Good News of Jesus everywhere we go, rightly using God’s Word (the Sword of the Spirit), which is always accurate and effective. It is alive, mighty, and sharper than any other sword—able to penetrate the heart, laying open intentions and emotions, bringing sinners under conviction (Heb 4:12).

We who speak God’s truth are not flawless like God’s Word. Our aim is off with life’s distractions, troubles, and our bent on doing and saying things our way. We often miss the goal, God’s mark of perfection: “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). But praise God, when we fail to meet His approval, He forgives and restores us if we confess our sins, turn away from them, and return to Him (1 John 1:9). With cleansed hearts, we can reset our sites focusing on loving, obeying, and serving our Lord.