Wholehearted.

"Happy are those who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price to make their dreams come true."

-Vince Papale, wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles 1976-1979.

"Getting what you want is only a problem if you have nowhere to go next. Dreaming is a lifetime occupation."

-Rudy Ruettiger

"Commit yourself to instruction; attune your ears to hear words of knowledge."

-Proverbs 23:12 NLT

"Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to words of knowledge."

-Proverbs 23:12 NKJV

Goals vary today and many people seek power, plenty, pleasure, and popularity. Folks want to be the best, brightest, biggest, and be able to let everybody else know about it. The instruction and knowledge of Almighty God is often not that important to most of the world today. God says we should commit, attune, and apply. Our goals should include, as a high priority, God's desire is that we will apply our hearts to instruction. It's that important! Proverbs 23:26 says, "O my son, give me your heart. May your eyes delight in my ways of wisdom." We should seek the wisdom, instruction, and knowledge of God with all our hearts. That means we should give it all we've got!

Coaches love it when a player plays with all his heart. I believe most coaches would take the players with heart over the players with talent. They look for the Rudy Ruettigers of Notre Dame and the Vince Papales of the Philadelphia Eagles. These are the kind of players who go into the battle wholeheartedly, come out bloodied and bruised, but stay and live out the dream.

Vince Papale, 30 years old, a wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1976-1979 was the oldest rookie in NFL history. He was a walk-on wannabe who was selected by Coach Dick Vermeil. When asked why Vermeil would select him over the hundreds of other wannabes. Papale answered, He saw, " . . . somebody who was hungry. In order to achieve anything, in order to get anywhere in life, you ought to be passionate about it. He saw the hunger and the passion, he saw the desire . . . ."

Vince was the inspiration for the Disney movie "Invincible" and is now a motivational speaker challenging students and adults to go for their dreams.

More than anything we must have hearts for God and his instruction. If our life goals and dreams are to be meaningful and eternal we've got to be passionate about them. We must put our hearts into them. We must give them all we've got. Whether our goals are football, music, business, medicine, missions, or any of thousands of other choices out there, we must go at them wholeheartedly.

That's what God wants us to do with his instruction and wisdom: Seek it with all your heart, be passionate about it, . . . hunger for it!

"Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink--even if you have no money! Come, take your choice of wine or milk--it's all free! Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength? Listen, and I will tell you where to get food for the soul" (Isaiah 55:1-2).

Let's get hungry for the instruction of God. Let's get passionate about him and his wisdom. There's nothing wrong with goals, desires, and dreams but make sure they are driven and guided by the instruction and wisdom of the Almighty God.

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