“The Lord brought me forth as the first of His works, before His deeds of old; I was
appointed from eternity, from the beginning, before the world began”
Proverbs 8:22-23
Your Creator/Source is the only One who is qualified to define
your optimal environment. He does so through His laws and commandments.
God’s laws establish the elements of your ideal environment
and set the necessary requirements for consistent, healthy
growth. God’s commandments help you to maintain your environment.
They serve as indicators of the state of your health and the
condition of your environment. Your well-being is dependent upon
your understanding of God’s laws and your obedience to His commandments.
You can’t afford to break God’s commandments because
disobedience brings a polluted environment, which stunts and im –
pedes the release of your potential.
You have the potential to perform great exploits for God. But if
you fail to maintain the environment God decrees, nothing will happen
in your life. It doesn’t matter how much you brag about what you
can do or what you would like to do, or how much you can see and
dream and imagine; if God’s requirements aren’t met, you aren’t
going to expose your true self!
God not only wants to share with you His plans for your life, He
also wants you to understand the variety of experiences that He
deems necessary for you to effectively fulfill those plans. Many people
try one thing after another as they search for the meaning of their
lives. They move from one job to the next, from one church to the
next, from one town to the next, and from one spouse to the next.
When the going gets a little rough, they move on to something else.
They never hang in there long enough to make any progress.
Jesus tells a story about a woman who swept her house and
searched carefully until she found the coin she had lost (see Luke
15:8-10). She didn’t just sit in her chair and mourn her loss; she got
up and worked until she found it. She translated her desire into a
plan, and her plan into action. The release of your potential requires
that you stick with something until you see it through. It’s not
enough just to think about what God wants from your life; you have
to get up and do it.
Work is the method God
established to release His potential.
The creation story tells us
that God worked so hard creating
the world that He was tired when
He finished. Because you came
out of God, work is also required
of you to bring forth all the invisible
jewels that lay hidden inside
you. God established work as a
priority that brings ful fillment
and contentment. He designed
you to work out your potential.
It’s not enough
just to think
about what God
wants from your life;
you have to get up
and do it.
