“True success is achieved by stretching oneself, learning to feel comfortable being uncomfortable.”
Ken Poirot
Tag: goals
Every Little Helps
It’s said that “the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” and every single step you take takes you closer to your destination. Today, I want to borrow Tesco’s Every Little Helps, not to promote Tesco but to see how this slogan can be helpful to us in achieving our broader goal(s) this year.
January has passed. Now, February…moving to Week 6 out of 52. Day in, day out, week passes. Soon month, then before you realize, year is gone. The challenge is that we (are tempted daily to) wait for right time when actually the right time is NOW. And the NOW expects you and I to do something, regardless of how small it might be.
Every little bit helps. Assuming you want to break solid rock into pieces with hammer. The first few hits would barely produce any result. However, the more you hit the rock with your hammer, the result you seek would be inevitable.
The goals you seek to achieve this year is breaking that solid rock. The hammer is the tool (or resource) you have. Hitting the Solid rock is the little steps you would take each day. Every little hit helps, Every little step helps.
God isn’t expecting much from you. He only wants you to take those little steps which He would use to accomplish unimaginable results for His Glory. Consider the story of the lepers who were outcast in Samaria, or the Woman with the issue of blood, or even Zacchaeus. All they needed to do was to take steps, and they did. Any result? Yes, they got what they sought for.
Don’t be limited by the size of your vision, instead be supercharged by the size of your God who through His Spirit can cause you to achieve anything you could think of. He is God Almighty.
LOOK FORWARD
I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, (Philippians 3:13 NLT)
Everybody has dreams, desires, aspirations, goals, or targets to achieve in life. Life is a journey and God has promised to give us expected end. However, He does not say anything about how the journey is going to be. All he said was “I will be with you”. Sometimes, in the natural, when things do not happen as we intend them to be ( for instance; a sudden death of a loved one, unemployment, rejection, disappointment, failure to achieve a goal, instability in our countries, etc.), some of us blame God or other people and choose to stop progressing. But I believe these, among other things, happen to slow us down from reaching our goals or the successful end God has promised us. In negative situations, we have to stay in faith and keep moving forward. We should keep on taking one step ahead of the other.
At other times too, our past achievements hinder us from moving forward. We tend to believe that that achievement is God’s best for our lives. But, the best of everything lies ahead of us.
Your number one enemy that does not want you to reach your goal is your past. It could be your past successes or failures. It hinders you from moving forward. Past failures create fear and prevent people from looking forward. However, when you forget about the past and press on to reach what lies ahead, God works in ways you cannot understand. In the scripture, Jacob had a goal of marrying Rachael so he served for seven years. Unfortunately, he was given Leah instead of Rachael after his service. Jacob forgot about all he had done in the past seven years and served another seven years for the lady he loved. He did not see Leah as a setback, instead he saw her as a setup for Rachael.
Some of us have stopped pressing forward because things did not happen they way they planned. Jacob, I believe, was disappointed but it did not stop him from serving for another seven years. He did not say “what if Laban disappoints me again?” “life is not fair”, neither did he blame God for what had happened. He focused on the prize. Do not let issues of life shift your focus from the prize. Keep moving forward.
Paul said “I press on toward the goal to win the [supreme and heavenly] prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward.” (Philippians 3:14 AMP)
Are you looking forward to what lies ahead?
Friend, your best days lie ahead of you. Nothing you have done in the past can be compared to the great things God has promised in your future so press on, and do not settle. If things did not work out the way you planned last week, last month, or last year, do not let them stop you from moving forward. Keep moving forward!
Uplifting Christ 