Time to kick your life into high gear

Richard Blackaby March 25, 2019

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I’m weak. There. I’ll admit it. I’m like the apostle Paul. I know what I oughtto do, but too often my frail human flesh has alternative ideas (Romans 7:19). If I could just follow through on every noble ambition, healthy choice and ambitious goal that I have had, my life would be magnificent! 

Too often I know what would make my life better, but I fail to follow through to make it so. My calendar gets crowded, I catch a cold, I just don’t feel like it. I’ll do it, tomorrow.

Just imagine what your life would be like if you had followed through to completion on every good idea that entered your head. Consider how much better the world would be if you had.

There are two primary reasons why it is crucial for you to relentlessly pursue the healthy initiatives God puts in your heart. 

1. You glorify your Creator when you fulfill your God-given potential. 

Imagine an elderly widow purchases a new Ferrari. Suppose she never drives it above 30 m.p.h. and she only travels the two miles to her church on Sunday. What a waste! What a deal if you get to buy it used from her one day! However, the car manufacturer didn’t design it for Sunday drivers! It has vastly more potential than that.

Likewise, our Creator created us with enormous potential. We literally can affect eternity by how we live. We can create works of beauty. We can lift others’ spirits. We can solve humanity’s problems. We truly can make the world a better place. God made us to be Ferraris!

Life, however, conspires against us to keep us ordinary. Life distracts us, so we lose sight of the goal. We experience failure which diminishes our zeal to strive for more. We have well-meaning friends and family assure us that we are fine just the way we are. We yield to the temptation to put off until tomorrow what we could have accomplished today.

We fail to glorify our Creator when we become satisfied with less than what He created us for. We reject God’s intent when we shrug our shoulders and mutter, “It’s good enough!” It is a tragic waste to leave things on the table that God intended to be a part of our life story. If God designed you for more, you ought never to rest until you experience it.

2. You rob others when you settle for less than God’s best for your life. 

If God created you to write an inspiring book or compose beautiful music, then you rob everyone who would have been blessed had you produced them. If you could have been a world-class leader, but you never paid the price to become one, then people will suffer the consequences. It costs others when you to stop growing.

Life is too precious to waste it traveling at 30 m.p.h.! There are no awards for playing it safe. Find people who are determined to experience the maximum life that God designed for them. God made you to be a Ferrari! Step on the pedal and see what it will do!

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Richard Blackaby is the president of Blackaby Ministries International and lives in Georgia. He travels internationally speaking on spiritual leadership in the home, church, and marketplace as well as on spiritual awakening, experiencing God, and the Christian life. Richard regularly ministers to Christian CEOs and business leaders. He has written or co-authored 33 books . This article was first published on RichardBlackaby.com. Used with permission from Blackaby Ministries International. Learn More »

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