Throughout history the currency of many nations and its worth has fluctuated, and at times even become totally worthless. So to put your confidence in a nation’s monetary system alone is to build your foundations on shaky ground. This is where you need to invest in your faith account. And how do you do this? Well, I can only speak from personal experience.
So here are a few tips to enable you to position yourself time and time again for success.
Every one of us has a strength. And it is by tapping that strength and by strengthening that strength that we can produce the most productive life possible.
Strong people are those who have identified their strengths and use them on a daily basis to add value to their lives and to the lives of those around them.
There was a skinny little kid showing off to some of his little friends the muscles that were developing in his skinny forearm.
One of the bigger kids mocked him saying, ‘Hey Robbo, are you trying to break the record for the muscle that hangs down the lowest?’
All the kid’s laughed.
The following is the story of a 10-year-old boy who decided to study judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident.The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was doing well, so he couldn’t understand why, after three months of training, the master had taught him only one move.
“Sensei,” the boy finally said, “Shouldn’t I be learning more moves?”
“This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you’ll ever need to know,” the sensei replied.
Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy kept training.
Several months later, the sensei took the boy to his first tournament. Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult, but after some time, his opponent became impatient and charged; the boy deftly used his one move to win the match. Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in the finals.
This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger, and more experienced. For a while, the boy appeared to be overmatched. Concerned that the boy might get hurt, the referee called a time-out. He was about to stop the match when the sensei intervened.
“No,” the sensei insisted, “let him continue.”
Soon after the match resumed, his opponent made a critical mistake: He dropped his guard. Instantly, the boy used his move to pin him. The boy had won the match and the tournament. He was the champion.
On the way home, the boy and the sensei reviewed every move in each and every match. Then the boy summoned the courage to ask what was really on his mind.
“Sensei, how did I win the tournament with only one move?”
“You won for two reasons,” the sensei answered. “First, you’ve almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. And second, the only known defense for that move is for your opponent to grab your left arm.
The boy’s biggest weakness had become his biggest strength.
Source: by Joel Garfinkle, Dream Job Coaching - Bits & Pieces, August 15, 1996, Copyright (c) Economic Press, Inc.
Here’s a principle worth considering….
70 - Give 70% of your time to your areas of strength
25 - Give 25% of your time to the areas you want to improve
5 - Give 5% of your time to the areas of your weakness.
The older I get the more determined I have become to fulfil the destiny that God has set before me. I refuse to be pushed around by what other people think is a great idea.
I know my God and I know what He’s called me to do. No man can replace that. And when my heart is not at peace with a directive that man may push towards me - I will stand firm and will not be moved in Jesus’ Name.
Manipulation, and especially spiritual manipulation, is a worriesome thing. And men and women can use it at times to satisfy their own desires and their own ambitions. I despise this methodology and reject it wholeheartedly.
I am called of God and will follow my heart in Jesus’ Name as I continue to renew my mind.
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