Once you believe you are amazing you will become amazing! You will start using your gifts to make that difference in others!
One of my favorite Bible stories resides in Matthew 9:27-31. It is the story of the two blind men that seek help from the Lord. They cry out to him asking for mercy and to have their sight restored. "Do you really believe I can do that". they answered YES! He touched their eyes and said "Become what you believe." This of course took GREAT FAITH, the basis of the story is this: They believed before it happened. They had great faith and they put action to their faith. They pursued the Lord, they pursued their dream to see, they pursued their healing! They became what they believed!
This is not magic or something unattainable, the power and faith we have within ourselves is greater than we can imagine. I love the word excellency. Mediocrity in the things of God is unacceptable. Make excellency your standard.
Sometimes things overwhelm us and your dream may seem unattainable. But I say set a goal for yourself. It doesn't have to be anything big, start out small with great faith and see where it takes you. It is the first step towards excellency. Goals demand a willingness to take risks, to lay our life on the line, again and again.
What do you want to do with your life? Where are you going to be in 1 year, 5 years, or 10 years from now?
All opportunities or desired goals involve risk. There will be no success handed to you on a silver platter.But you'll make your own successes and you can carve out your own victories and trample on your own enemies, and you overcome your own difficulties and you set a standard to live by, a standard of excellency.
Don't forget that excellency demands priorities. Set a realistic goal and take it one step at a time. Remember to continually check your progress. You know why people don't check their progress...because they aren't making any.
Faith will not sustain itself. You must learn to maintain your own faith. You must learn to trust and take baby steps in your progress. Faith will suddenly become a way of life for you, something you can depend on and savor.
Make a difference in someone's life by a word of encouragement, a simple hug, a listening ear, a jester of kindness...and most of all a soft place to fall and rest. We all need a soft place to fall.
1 Corinthians 13:13 "And now these three remain, faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
Be love today...
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