FRIDAY JANUARY 3
“As
an eagle stirs up its nest…so the Lord…led him.” Dt 32:11-12 NKJV
BE
PASSIONATE ABOUT IT (2)
A mother eagle knows that if she waits for her young to get out of the nest and fly on their own initiative, it’ll never happen. So she pushes them out! That’s radical, but they learn to fly and they fulfill their destiny. John Maxwell says: “To succeed in life we must stay within our strength zone, but continually move outside our comfort zone. Have you ever accomplished anything of significance while you were in your comfort zone? We resist it. WE like to feel safe and secure. We don’t want to look foolish or fall flat on our faces. And as we get older we naturally tend to become more and more complacent. That’s a problem because complacency kills passion. It reduces us to average. It clips our wings and keeps us from soaring, no matter how much we want to. It takes initiative to succeed at anything in life. It requires us to take risks. Playwright George Bernard Shaw said, ‘I’m sick of all the reasonable people: they all see the reasons for doing nothing.’ Passion prompt us to leave our comfort zone and cross the threshold of our doubt. It pushes us out the door, so that we can get going on the journey in life that God designed for us. It's ’aid that when you get to the door of opportunity you’re not supposed to knock—you’re supposed to push!” So step out in faith, take the initiative, and believe that God is with you (See Dt 31:6).
Taken from the Word for You Today
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