MONDAY DECEMBER 30
“I
focus on this one thing.” Php 3:13 NLT
HOW
TO SUCCEED WHERE IT MATTERS MOST
Professor Howard Hendricks mentored hundreds of
pastors and leaders. He writes: “As a young leader, my biggest mistake was
allowing my time to be eaten up with things outside my core competencies. I
wanted to set the pace for others, to demonstrate that nothing was beneath me,
so I devoted an inordinate amount of time to things I wasn’t good at—things I’d
never be good at. At the same time, I invested little energy into developing my
strengths…Finally I realized that my true value lay within the context of my
giftedness—not the number of hours I worked. There were some balls I’d no
business juggling. When I finally got the courage to let them fall to the
floor, I began to excel in juggling the two or three balls I was created to
keep in the air in the first place. And the amazing this is, people came along,
and picked up the other balls. What I couldn’t relinquish, were the
opportunities they’d been waiting for.” Answer this: Of the two or three things
that define success for you, which of them are in line with your core
competencies? That is where you must focus your energies. That is where you’ll
excel. Within that narrowed context, you will make your greatest contribution.
And best of all, you will enjoy what you do! You say, “But I can’t afford to focus
all my energies on one or two things.” Maybe not yet, but that should be your
goal. It’s something you should be working toward if you want to succeed where
it matters most.
Taken from the Word for You Today
Devotional
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