Successfully
stretching toward personal potential is a direct function of how well you
manage to stay in your God-given lane. This is no easy task since a large
cadre of influential voices – family, friends, or foes – will continually urge
us to embrace decisions, positions, tasks, or goals that may not be central to
the primary reason we have been placed on this earth. Because of these
powerful voices, the decision to do things GOD’S WAY, i.e. living from God’s
point of view, could expose us to criticism, ridicule, or even rejection.
BUT
IF YOU STAY IN YOUR LANE, YOU WILL SURELY WIN.
Consider the intriguing story
behind the Eiffel Tower, one of the most recognizable landmarks in the world.
Built as the grand entrance to the 1889 World’s Fair, this favorite spot
for international tourism receives multiplied thousands of visitors every year.
However, despite its
present level of success, ferocious opposition boiled up during its
construction. A group of prestigious French artists and writers,
including Alexandre Dumas, author of “The Three Musketeers,” filed the
following petition: “We, the writers, painters, sculptors, architects and
lovers of the beauty of Paris, do protest with all our vigor and indignation,
in the name of French taste and endangered French art and history, against
the useless and monstrous Eiffel Tower.”
Nevertheless, history
ultimately vindicated Alexandre Gustav Eiffel. Although in 1889 he was
roundly condemned, today he is highly praised and celebrated for his
architectural achievement. His story shows that the opinions others may
have of us or what we do are not what really matters. Think. Their perspectives will undoubtedly change
according to what becomes culturally fashionable or contemporaneously
vogue.
What distinguishes you
from the pack is your ability to hold on to your BIRTHRIGHT, i.e. the gifts,
creativity, values and wisdom originally imparted by your Creator. So instead of cloning the methods and
achievements of others, ask God to help you to see clearly enough to identify
those traits and talents that are uniquely you. They’re the real reason why you
are here.
Sisters and brothers,
be continually blessed and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO
MEET YOUR SOON COMING KING. Maranatha!
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