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| Reverend and Pastor G. S. Adeyemo Senior Pastor, Christ Baptist Church Alimosho Lagos Ng |
There is nothing sweeter than moving forward in life. Such a life is driven by purpose with diligence. Success is associated with turnaround for better. Therefore, let no one says, I'm satisfied with where I am.” Until you achieve your best form, keep moving. No retreat, no surrender is a popular saying that you must not ignore.
In order to fulfill divine agenda for your life, you must know that you have to keep moving in the right direction. You must determine to be making progress in life. Hence you must understand what it takes to experience a turnaround in life.
You must have a particular thing to celebrate at every point in life. If you have negative happenings in your life, then you must desire a turnaround. It is not enough to keep dwelling on the past unpleasant experiences recounting the overwhelming inadequacies in your life. It is time to take another look at life and see the better future. Hear what God says, “Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.” You must have a focus on the kind of future of your dream.
Hellen Keller was a woman born deaf and blind yet, she teaches us a lesson saying, “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow."
In order to experience a glorious turnaround, you need to answer the question below:
What Do I Stand To Achieve?
“I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3: 14
As you wake up daily, one question you must answer is, "What do I stand to achieve today? Not only for the day, has the same gone for your entire life. When you are thinking of marriage, career, or about embarking on a journey, take a moment to ask yourself, what informs such enterprise? Call it a vision, target or goal; you must know what you are aiming at right from the start of any undertaking in order to move to the next level. Michel de Montaigne says, "The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose." Getting things turnaround is fulfilling. Your purpose is your goal otherwise known as achievement.
Many people think life is all about luck. They say, “What will be will be.” The Holy Scripture says, “Do not be deceived, "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he reap"
Focus your interest on what you want to achieve rather than
what you have done. Apostle Paul said, "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3: 13, 14. This is what could constructively drive your passion. Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed. (Paulo Coelho, ‘The Devil and Miss Prym’)
A very vital question that can drive our will and passion to the original intention is, “What do I stand to achieve?”
Do you want to be an achiever? Do you desire success and celebration? Set a goal. Focus on what you want to hold on to. Be it spiritual, physical, emotional or academic; you need to see the ending from the beginning.
We all ought to want to be champions in our Christian life. Today, let us think about what it takes to be a champion in the Christian life.
Tom Landry, former coach of the Dallas Cowboys, was once asked by a reporter, what makes a champion? He went on to say: Success is not accidental. We learn how to achieve. He listed four short steps it takes to be a champion in the field of sports. These are: 1. Faith: believing you can win. 2. Training: the Cowboys work out 4 times a week. They lift millions of pounds of iron each session. They run many miles to win. 3. Goals: all winning teams set goals. 4. You must possess the will to reach the goal you set for yourself. This is probably the most important quality of all champions. (www.sermoncentral.com)
If what you are doing now is not getting you closer to the future of your dream, then you need a turnaround. The Lord shall bless you as you diligently fill in the blanks below in Jesus’ name
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