Know your goal, then, give it your best, if you want to do something, achieve the best you can out from it, if you are not gonna put in your best, do
not even start it. That's what I wanna talk about. Set your goal right up ahead of you, see it as a vision which you can reach out to. Work on it so that you can achieve it. Success comes out from hard work, as said in James 2:20, "
Faith without works is dead".
Let's say you are a student now, most of us are, you wanna achieve an 'A' for your Mathematics. You keep telling yourself that, but you do nothing but think about it whole day. How is that gonna help? Wisdom wouldn't fall from Heaven. You gotta make efforts to at least improve yourself. If you know you can't do it yourself, get someone to help you, but be sure that you are
willing to learn and
scarifice.
What do I mean by scarifice? You have to reach out to the people who can help you. You have to scarifice your time, make yourself free for the person and not wait for the person to ask you when you are free. You must also be willing and
humble to take in knowledge from another person. Would a man filled with pride be teachable? No. Also, God will surely to be there to help you as long as you show that you are putting efforts. God seeks your interest, whatever your heart is put into, He will guide you through it.
Life is like finding a treasure that is hidden far from you. Aimlessly, you walk around looking for that treasure. But, turn to Christ, our Lord, for directions. He will sink down a map into your hands and tells you "Seek the treasure, but it will be a long journey". On the other hand, you have people around you telling you "The treasure is near, I do know where it is". In your heart you tell yourself, my Lord wouldn't lie to me, but, since it is near as the Man has said, I would give it a try. You follow the people's words only to know that you are wasting your time. Question here is, Do you trust the Lord, or the people around you? Ask God for your calling, then set a purpose that you must work towards that very goal. Success is guaranteed, but the efforts you put in is the thing that counts. Do not be tempted or distracted to give up as you hear that there is other 'short-cut' ways to success for there never is.
God will always give you the directions. Say now that you know your purpose, you want to have good results to enter a local university, but what are you supposed to do to achieve that? Usually the first thing that comes to your mind is God's words to you. It is only dependant whether you would be faithful and follow it. Just like Jesus, Luke 2:49 Jesus said "
Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father's business?". At the age of twelve He had already knew His purpose in life and it was to complete God's "business". Jesus took efforts to learn from teachers, listening and questioning them. He did not laze around nor did He went around saying "I am the Son of God I will be blessed whatever I ask for". Nope. He was humble, he took teachings from teachers in temples, His faithfulness has made Him filled with the Holy Spirit and preached the gospel to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted....
Let's all set a target today. Maybe just a little improvement from your previous results. A little improvement is better than being complacent. Pray about it, listen to what advice your Father in heaven has given you. Follow it. Will success be on your way? All depends on you :) Just a little encouragement to all. I am not sure whether I'm writing them in circles, but I do hope it is a help to all, because it has been a great help to me. Couple of things. Thanks.
