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No More Excuses

It's so interesting to see what stops people from reaching their potential. Call me an optimist or an idealist, but I happen to believe that God put so much inside of humans. In fact the Bible tells us that we are God's workmanship. The word potential has to do with that which is stored. Meaning all of us have amazing things stored inside of us; gifts, talents, and ideas waiting to be unleashed.

Even though every human has been stamped in the image of God and has their own unique makeup, so many of us still are unable to ever reach what we know we are destined to do. Now there are all sorts of reasons that prohibit people from getting there, yet the thing thats always so fascinating is that we have devised a set of excuses for our inability. Come on you know some of these.

Not enough time...  

Everyone is given the same 24 hours everyday. You have the same amount of time as Barak Obama.

I'll start tomorrow ...

We are poisoned by procrastination

It's too late for me...

The best test to tell if your mission on earth still exists... Are you still breathing? JUST START

I'm not qualified...

Neither were the 12 disciples... looks like it worked out for them

The reality is, we are letting our excuses dictate our future. Today I challenge you to look past your excuse. If God has given you a dream, then you need to go for it! Don't look back, move ahead. You are a leader! Leaders never wait for things to happen, they always make things happen! The time is now. Go and reach your potential.

 

this is not mine, but i love this blog and it has encouraged soo much today! enjoy it.

Oh the journey.

I once heard a story and it was about a girl in college baseball. One game near the end it was her time to bat.. they were short 1 home run of winning. this girl had never got a home run, so she hits the ball and amazing as it was she got a home run.. as she is running her leg buckles and she falls and she cannot move so she is yelling for another runner from her team to run in her place but that's not allowed in baseball. So the first base player from the other team yells over to the coach and insists that they help her because she deserved it. There was nothing in the rule book about another player from the other team helping out so they did. They picked her up and made sure that her good leg touched all of the bases and they got there home run and won the game.

They didn't just carry her to home base but MADE sure that her leg touched each base. I'm thinking the baseball diamond like its a journey and in a journey you cant miss any of the bases. Sometimes in life we get hurt, we loose control and we give up but God is ALWAYS there to carry us on our journey no matter what.
Think of this.

• 1st base - Living Sacrifice
• 2nd base- Renewing your mind
• 3rd base- Keeping in touch with the spirit.
• Home run

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.  Romans 12:1


Being a Living Sacrifice is making God the Potter and ourselves the clay and letting God mold us to who he wants us to be. Meaning we let God lead us on our destiny. I'm so serious when i say that I'm horrible for just being UN patient with where I'm going to go in life . AHH i just want to know but doesn't that take away Gods hand in my life.

Jesus was a living sacrifice, he literally was brought down to earth to die! for us, yes he did many things well here but he died a gut wrenching death for us and YET we still try and have our own free will and placing God in it. crazy.

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2

This hits the spot your half way there, kind of like where i feel i am today! This verse really points out that God cares more about who your becoming then what your doing. Your works don't enter you into heaven, doing great things is well great but God wants you to become something good, pleasing and perfect to God. Whats perfect to God is not at all what we think perfect is because of society . You don't need a blown out career and making a million dollars to be pleasing as long as everything you do Glorifies God then its pleasing to him.

" Your talent can take you to a place where your character cant keep you"  Guys urge to know God and what he wants for your life, know your standards and do what Gods will is.

Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Galatians 5:25

I think its very important to listen and i mean really listen to Gods ideas for your life.. he can honestly sometimes be honking a fog horn right in your mind but if your not truly listening you might miss it. Keeping in step with your prayer is so important but sometimes maybe you need to not talk but listen and let God speak, just because your not saying words doesn't mean the connection isn't there. I talk a lot and i often catch myself saying hey just listen for a while.

 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. ¹³ I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:12-13 

This is it, we have succeeded in something but everyday is a new journey , the journey doesn't end it goes around and around. game after game.
i find it really important to pray thanks to God for everything. Sometimes when I'm successful i will forget about God but its important to praise him everyday for everything he does in our life and just being God.