It starts HERE, it starts NOW!

Posted by DaveOlson in business development, creativity, entrepreneur, leadership, personal growth, ramblings, self-discipline on Aug 28, 2010

  • What you have is more valuable than what you don’t have.
  • The thing you own is more useful than the thing you want.
  • Money in hand buys more than money still owed.
  • The grass is greener on the other side of the fence but it doesn’t fill your belly.
  • A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
  • Faith pulls the future into the present or does it really pull the present into a better future.
  • God says He is the I Am not the I will be.
  • God asks Moses, ‘what is in your hand?’
  • Jesus says to the disciples, ‘the kingdom of God is near you’
  • Paul writes, ‘the word of faith is in your mouth and in your heart’

    • So why do we keep looking out there for what we already have?

    Now go back and read this post again… it will make more sense!

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    The Myth Of One

    Posted by DaveOlson in goals, personal growth, self-discipline on Aug 27, 2010

    Most of us are always looking for the one thing. That one key to breakthrough. That one shift that will change our lives and the lives all around us.

    I actually think it is the built-in weakness of  revivalist evangelical thinking. If we just get that revival then our world and the city we live in will be changed.

    Unfortunately for us life is much more complicated. It is full of nuance and shades. You can’t break it down into the one thing. (sorry Marcus)

    The one thing is for linear thinkers. Those who depend on order and steps to life. The kind of thinking that gets entirely thrown for a loop when something comes at them from a direction they didn’t expect. Thinkers like me!

    We look for that one filter, that one key, that one concept that will change our lives. In reality it’s that one idea that bounces you around to another concept that helps you remember to take care of that other thing and pay attention to the way you speak to someone else.

    Forget the three keys to happiness or the ten steps to success. Trying to find the ONE thing often results in stagnation. We become consumed with looking around us instead of looking forward. We analyze instead of capitalize. Looking for the key to our next level is a good excuse for staying on this level.

    So forget the ONE thing, except maybe this:

    “But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,” Philippians 3:13b

    Yeah, I know, the bible does every once in a while talk about one thing. But it’s not one key to life it’s simply the one thing you need to do next. BIG difference.

    So what am I saying? Stop looking for the ONE thing that will revolutionize your _____ (business, marriage, life… fill in the blank). Instead look for the NEXT thing you need to do to move forward into your destiny. It may be a subtle difference but it could be the difference between stagnation and moving forward.

    Keep charging forward.

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    Sacrifice is overrated

    Posted by DaveOlson in leadership, personal growth, ramblings, self-discipline on Jun 07, 2010

    God isn’t asking you for the greatest sacrifice, he’s asking for the greatest impact. Now it may be that the two are often synonymous but not necessarily.
    I wonder how often we have missed the opportunity to make an impact because we thought we had to make a sacrifice.

    I know that God’s call to faithfulness sometimes means sacrifice but let’s not forget the call to fruitfulness. It’s entirely possible to become a martyr when God called a conqueror.

    I’ve seen people settle for things in their life, claiming sacrifice, acting the martyr but never acheiving God’s purpose for them. Even Paul pointed out that if there was no resurrection then we’ve sacrificed for nothing.

    Sacrifice may be a virtue but it’s not always Godly.

    The thing is, what are you sacrificing for?

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