DAY 5
GO BEYOND THIS: MEDIOCRITY
Go beyond mediocrity – Pursue excellence, not excuses.
It’s not enough to impress a society with remarkably low expectations.
It’s not enough to be a stand out in the sea of mediocrity.
To go beyond the limits is to focus not on the things that are impressive to
others but on things that actually will challenge you and cause you to grow.
As "rebel"utionaries, it can be challenging when we set our sights on
EXCELLENCE, particularly when we’re hearing that we’re already there.
EXCELLENCE, particularly when we’re hearing that we’re already there.
How can we expect ourselves to GO BEYOND when we think we’re already
at the height of our goal?
We must learn how to measure things using God’s gauge, not our very
short-length yardsticks, not even other people’s stumpy scale.
God had set his standards this high so we won’t make the mistake of
AIMING LOW.
AIMING LOW.
Doing hard things means fighting for greater levels of excellence because
there is always something harder to do.
It is never a matter of arriving, it’s a constant battle for growth.
AN ELEPHANT LESSON
To keep the elephants from wandering off, the elephant owners in Asia take a small rope, ties it to a wooden post in the ground and attaches it to the elephant’s right hind leg. Of course to the elephant, the rope is nothing more than a string. One jerk and the rope would snap. Yet the elephant stays put. How does this work? When the elephant is still young, the owner takes him from his mother and shackles him to a large tree – with a heavy chain around his right hind leg. For days and weeks, the young elephant will strain and pull, trying to break free, but all he succeeds in doing is causing the shackles to cut deep into his leg. Eventually he gives up and accepts the idea that he can’t go anywhere when there is something around his right hind leg. Soon the owner can replace the tree with a post and the chain with a piece of twine. There’s nothing but a piece of twine around his ankle, but there are heavy shackles around his mind.
Are you like that elephant?
To keep the elephants from wandering off, the elephant owners in Asia take a small rope, ties it to a wooden post in the ground and attaches it to the elephant’s right hind leg. Of course to the elephant, the rope is nothing more than a string. One jerk and the rope would snap. Yet the elephant stays put. How does this work? When the elephant is still young, the owner takes him from his mother and shackles him to a large tree – with a heavy chain around his right hind leg. For days and weeks, the young elephant will strain and pull, trying to break free, but all he succeeds in doing is causing the shackles to cut deep into his leg. Eventually he gives up and accepts the idea that he can’t go anywhere when there is something around his right hind leg. Soon the owner can replace the tree with a post and the chain with a piece of twine. There’s nothing but a piece of twine around his ankle, but there are heavy shackles around his mind.
Are you like that elephant?
Is the world trying to trap you by its pathetic piece of twine around your ankle?
Do you want to break that twine and go beyond the limits it has created in your
mind?
mind?
You can, today, as you renew your mind.
It’s all in your mind.
Remember our verse:
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed in the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.” Romans 12:2
You can break free from all the low expectations and limitations placed on you by
choosing to believe that God has greater, higher, bigger plans for your life!
Soar higher towards your true potential in ther Lord.
With Him you can do hard things…go beyond the limits!
WRITE 3 THINGS YOU DESIRE TO DO THAT IS A VERY HARD THING:
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed in the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.” Romans 12:2
You can break free from all the low expectations and limitations placed on you by
choosing to believe that God has greater, higher, bigger plans for your life!
Soar higher towards your true potential in ther Lord.
With Him you can do hard things…go beyond the limits!
WRITE 3 THINGS YOU DESIRE TO DO THAT IS A VERY HARD THING:
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