Pressing Toward the Goal
Philippians 3:12 Not that I have already obtained all this,
or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for
which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet
to have laid hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and
straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize
of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.…
Good News Translation says: Of course, my friends, I really do
not think that I have already won it; the one thing I do, however, is to forget
what is behind me and do my best to reach what is ahead.
There is one thing that I find absolutely amazing about most
of us. It’s this —
Deep down we all know what is it that we need to do. We know
what will make us happier, what will make us healthier, what will help us grow.
We know exactly what we should be doing with our time, with
our lives.
And despite knowing all of that, we just don’t ACT on
it.
It just becomes one of those things that we talk about,
dream about and obsess about, but it never makes its way into our reality.
It's so sad that we
end up not achieving our life's purpose coz we never did what we were supposed
to be doing, that which makes us happy, healthy and successful.
One of the battles I
fight as a leader is the battle of focus.
It's hard to know what to
focus on as a leader with all of the noise of life, the church, family,
culture, etc.
So, here's something
that's been massively helpful to me.
In the morning as I'm
doing my prayer and Bible study I'll just ask God to show me the "one
thing."
The "one thing"
is one action or task that will make the biggest difference in my life or
leadership that I can accomplish first.
It gives me clarity and
helps me focus on many levels.
Because, the real power
of focus isn't always what you're looking at...it's what you're not looking at.
By identifying one thing
to do or work on I get freed from the distraction of "the many."
Accomplishing the
"one thing" also guarantees that my day (no matter what else happens)
is a success because I accomplished the highest value action and didn't let
distraction derail me.
Sometimes the "one
thing" is something I've been avoiding...a tough conversation, a difficult
project, etc.
Other times it's
something that I know will advance the church or build the kingdom but I've
been putting it off dealing with the details of life.
Go ahead and give
yourself permission as a leader to do the BIG stuff first and deal with
problems later.
Now, go do "the one
thing."
Bishop Nelson Nzvimbo @2021
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