~Matthew 25:23 (The Amplified Version)
Last week I said a lot about time and how pursuing your aspirations is still possible. This is true but something else that is true is that it's going to take faith and faithfulness to reach that mark that you have set for yourself. You see, most people give up on what we call our "New Year's Resolution" or "New Commitment" within the first three months of the year. Well, we don't want to be like most people this year. We want to be exceptional. Not mediocre. FAITHFULNESS is the key. It separates us from mediocrity. It makes us the persistent ones. The ones that won't give up and we all know when one doesn't give up it's inevitable that one will succeed every time. It's true, we do have to push ourselves because of discouragement, fatigue, fear, distractions and so on. But we can't let yourself get off track. If you stay faithful not only to what you are accomplishing but to God, you will reach your goal.
In 2010 there is no time for discouragement (because you are not seeing immediate results) or distractions. We can't let those things dominate or navigate our decision to go for it or not. If we allow such things to take away our focus we will end up in a place that we don't want. Think of the OUTCOME. Push those things aside. Sometimes rhey come through outside influence or even ourselves. Our mission should be to chase those thoughts of discouragement and fear away and continue to do everything it is we need to do to reach our goals.
The best way to chase these thoughts away is to be FAITHFUL. Do it anyway!!! Don't feel like it? Do it anyway! Tired? Do it anyway! Kids got your head all over the place? When you're done putting them to bed, do it anyway! Even if it's a little bit. Put effort toward your goal. Whether it's a little effort or a lot. This is what's called FAITHFULNESS. Though we may feel fickle toward our goals sometimes it is important that we put our fickleness aside because it is misleading, kind of like our emotions. We need to push toward what we know is true and profitable both humanistically and possibly financially; our goal.
Just a sidebar:
Take the story of the investments for example in Matthew 25:14-28. The one servant that was fearful of disappointment and shame hid the one talent that the master had given him. After some time when the master asks him what has the talent profited him, he told the master it profited him nothing because he was too fearful. The master was furious and told him about the least he could have done with the talent. Don't let that be you. God doesn't want you to play it safe. God has given you something, invest it. Even if it's just a little. God will multiply it.
Don't let your vision die. Don't give up on what you started. You started it for a reason. That reason was the OUTCOME of your necessary FAITH and FAITHFULNESS. You probably didn't realized how much commitment or faithfulness it would require in the beginning of your journey but if you can only keep the OUTCOME, the reason why you started it all, in the forefront of your sight you will find what you need to be FAITHFUL. Then the OUTCOME that you saw from the beginning WILL be manifested.
Pray with me...
Lord, help us to be committed to what we started this year. Give us the grace we need to follow through even when we don't feel like it. When we physically get to the outcome that we had aspired, we will look back and thank you for the grace that you provided for us in the times that we thought we wanted to give up. Thank you in advance and be glorified in our life now and forever. In Jesus name...Amen.
~ Royalbutterfli
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