It's funny how we all have dreams for our future, dreaming about what the future holds for us. We dream about that fantastic job we are going to get when we graduate, we dream about that fantastic car, that dream house...blah, blah, blah and the list is endless.
The one that gets me the most is when I hear young people swear they would have a better life than the lives all the adults around them have. It really makes me laugh. I'm sure you are all wondering what's funny. Well, well, the truth is most of these adults had the same dreams you are having now when they were your age. So you them have to ask the question, what happened to them, well the answer we all like to give is LIFE happened, well that there is the answer. If you believe LIFE happened then honestly if your life is mediocre, then it deserves to be because obviously you are one of those who does not take responsibility for your life.
Well, on the one hand, you are right, you should not take responsibility for your life, you should really put your life in God's hands and let Him be responsible but that does not mean you do not do your part. It's all about FAITH and WORKS.
Life does not just happen, your life today is a product of the decisions you made yesterday. Your FUTURE will be a product of the decisions you make today.
Every life of an adult you see today is a result of decisions they made yesterday. People complain and complain about where they are now, yet they do not make a decision to rectify where they will be tomorrow. If you say I hate my job today, what is stopping you from changing careers, oh you might say, well that would require me to go back to school for three years, well news flash, if you don't and you are still alive in three years time, you will still be here complaining. Why not do the right thing by going back to school and be somewhere better in three years. I hear you say, oh, you don't understand what I will have to give up, well, NO SACRIFICE NO GAIN. That's why God talked about counting the cost before embarking on building a house. But also remember, that the children of Israel spent 40 years complaining and the ones who left Eqypt never entered the promise land. Complaining gets you no where but death in the wilderness.
Where do you see yourself in the future or rather the question to ask yourself is what do I want my future to be? My advice is to sit down today, take out a pen and paper or your iPads, smart phones and write it down and then begin to take the right decisions that would get you there. No matter the cost, it will be worth it in your future. God was very clear when He said in the book of Habakkuk that we should write the vision, so that you would be able to run with it when you read it. As you write it down and trust God with it and begin to lean on God's understanding, He will direct your paths.
Quit complaining about where you are and begin to see the promised land in your future and start working towards it. As they say, the journey of a thousand years actually starts today.
I am really interested in working with anyone who is willing to take their life on as a project on a path to limitless success. Feel free to contact the LGP team.
We got a question on Facebook - I'd prefer not to answer this question with a question, but can one really "guarantee" to attain greater heights/live a better life than one's parents?
ReplyDeleteCoz I could identify the mistakes my parents made in their lives, when/how/why they went wrong, and do things differently in order not to make those same mistakes; but who's to say the mistakes I make won't be so grave that they result in me not even attaining the heights my parents did.
And the reply was as below -
ReplyDeleteWe all can identify the mistakes our parents made and we can also identify everything they did right according to our own judgement. The point is not to sit down and judge those who have gone before us especially out parents but the point of the piece was to motivate us to look inwards and based on where we see ourselves in the future, let is begin to come up with a road map on how to get there, truth is our tomorrow would be a product of the decisions we made today.
When you have parents that have attained certain heights, you get conflicted about your own future. Truth is the next generation should be greater than the last generation, when the bible talks about the path of a righteous man shining brighter and brighter, it meant everything in the man's path including his children.
My parents are able to tell me the things or decisions they wished they made or never made and explain the reasons why. At my young age, I'm able to tell people some decisions i should have made earlier.
Truth is your future starts now and the decisions you make now would eventually affect the height you attain in your future.
Commit your plans and future into God's hands, the One who makes all things possible and Who is able to take you to that greater height.