Goals, indeed, are important. They provide us with markers and achievements to aim at. Without goals in life, we can fall victim to the tyranny of the urgent, and before we know it, months, maybe years, have gone by, and we have not made progress in key areas of our lives. Areas of our lives in which we’ve longed to see improvement. It’s when we get a moment to assess our lives we can’t help but feel the weight of wasted time and opportunities. We sit and wonder, “Where would I be today if I had been more intentional?” Goals are important because they can keep us from drifting through life aimlessly.

For many people, meditation reminds them of deep introspection, mindlessness, mysticism, or even Yoga. What is more unfortunate is that many Christians would answer similarly.