There is no doubt that scripture teaches that we all have incredible potential. God tells us that he has plans to prosper us, to give a great hope and a future. It is in the heart of God to bless us, to give us purpose, and to light a flame of hope in us that even our darkest day can not extinguish.
The reason that most us never reach it is because we sabotage our potential. We do and think things that hold us back from living what God has for us. We are our greatest threat to living the life that God has for us.
Let me give you some of the most common ways we sabotage our potential:
1. We believe God is out to get us than out to bless us. We tend to think that God is watching us in order to "get us" for any little bad thing we do. However, God in scripture presents himself as a one who is passionate about helping us reach our potential. When we view that God is focused on "getting us" we are less likely to trust him, follow if the risks are high, and seek him passionately. So we sabotage our future.
2. We leave him out. I believe that God desires to speak but most of the time we are not interested in listening. We don't have time. It is hard to be blessed by God if we do not hear him. When we make our life without him, we will never discover the awesome life that he has written just for us.
3. We are too concern how others perceive us. This is huge. You will not look vertical in your life if your focus on the horizontal. Too many of us rarely hear God, rarely give to God, rarely experience God because we are consumed with what others think about us. This is a tramp that will consume you and leave you empty. Oddly, the more money you spend on your self, the less satisfied you become with the things that money provides. You sabotage your potential.
Today choose to believe that God wants to bless you and live looking for it. It doesn't mean that bad things won't come for sometime the greatest blessings are born in heartache. It just means looking in every situation for God's hand, and looking with an expectation that he is going to do something good.
Live Blessed.
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I completely agree. I've struggled over the past 10yrs or so to come to grips with my own personal sabotage. Like the old saying goes, admitting it is always a good first step. I've been trying to wade through the old testament. After completing a few of the books, I've noticed a startling difference between the new and old testaments that I didn't see all those years ago. Probably because I hadn't paid much attention. In the old testament, God lays out the law and dictates how he is to be worshipped, how sacrifices are to be done, and even who is to do them. He called a specific people to serve him because he drew them out of "bondage" from Egypt. Yet, in typical human nature, they just didn't get it. But, when you look at the new testament, Jesus calls those who want to acknowledge him, those who desire to serve him. Striking that the one who came to fullfill the prophecies and validate the given law of God only asked for a willing partnership. The fact that this is the same God that once demanded such sacrifice gave the ultimate sacrifice is astounding. In away, he came to sabotage himself so that we could live a truly free life.
Great point. I love your last line, "In away, he came to sabotage himself so that we could live a truly free life." Oh yea!
The truth is God is a God of justice and so he has to require a penalty for our sin, but his love cause him to pay that penalty himself.
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