Posts Tagged Future
What’s Your ONE Thing
Posted by DaveOlson in personal growth, productivity on Mar 13, 2009
Luke 10:41-42 (NLT) But the Lord said to her, “My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! 42 There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her.”
There are plenty of details to worry about. Some of them are very important, but most are simply distractions.
You worry about too many things. Get upset about the details and miss the big picture.
Apparently the world is in an economic downturn…. details.
Don’t forget that ‘this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs’ (Phil 4:19) is the ONE thing you should be concerned about.
Mark Smallcombe tweeted this yesterday: “My latest thought! Like a bow, we sometimes have to experience retraction before the launch. Your aim is improved thru the agony of tension”
Tension, details, stress, worries are intended to drive you to the ONE thing you need to be concerned about.
Don’t stress about all the details, get firm about the ONE thing.
And that ONE thing is: (drum roll please…….)
Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. Matthew 6:33 (NLT)
LOOK to See Your Future All Put Together
Posted by DaveOlson in personal growth on Feb 28, 2009
I was reading in Ezekiel the other day and something really caught my attention.
Yaah I know… there’s a whole lot in Ezekiel that should catch my attention. It’s a book full of colourful and exciting language as well as some bizzare imagery. I’m surprised we don’t see more quotes from Ezekiel on Ed Hardy tees.
The first part of Ezekiel 37 metaphorically illustrates a very lost and defeated group of people. They are described as dry, disconnected bones. ‘dem dry bones’
Here’s what particularly caught my attention:
Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to these bones and say, ‘Dry bones, listen to the word of the Lord! This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Look! I am going to put breath into you and make you live again! Ezekiel 37:4-5 (Message Version)
Did you see that?
Before anything happens to this discouraged, defeated group, they had to LOOK. They had to get a vision of it all coming back together for them. (literally!)
How important is it to your future to LOOK?
Listen carefully to the messages around you. Some of those messages should be ignored, because they contribute to a picture that is not what you want to see. Other messages reinforce the picture of your future that is good, progressive and positive. Listen to those.
Observe how your perspective affects your actions. If your perspective is off, your actions will lead you no where. Dead end!
Orient yourself toward your future not your past. The past may have been dry and dead but the future is alive with possibility
Keep the vision in front of you. No matter what your current situation, if you will keep the vision alive in you, it will stay alive for you.
The remarkable thing to me is that the first step to having a GREAT life is to see it. Look at it everyday and one day you will have it.
Let me ask you this: what is the one thing right now, that makes it hard for you to see a picture of your GREAT future? Can I help?