Stop Waiting for Perfect Conditions (2)

'Faith is being sure of what we hope for.' Hebrews 11:1 NIV

Good Morning,
If you didn't know my youngest son is 22 today. Give him a call or text or email and wish him the best. Happy Birthday Zachary!

I never thought so long ago when I was young that today would be here, but it is. It was over 30 years ago that God gave me a vision for ministry. Amy and I didn't wait for the conditions to be right, we just trusted God and moved forward. We signed up for Bible college and went for it without a penny in our pockets. Successful people do not spend the majority of their time thinking about what must be done. Instead, they spend twice as much time reflecting on what they have already accomplished, and on how they are capable of accomplishing what they set out to do. Football coach John Wooden said, 'Things turn out best, for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.' Pursuing a God-given dream is a bumpy ride, as every leader in the Bible found out. And only those who think right succeed. The greatest gap between successful people and unsuccessful people is the thinking gap. This is especially so when it comes to failure. Successful people see failure as a regular part of success, and they get over it. Jonah Salk, the developer of the polio vaccine, said: 'As I look upon the experience of an experimentalist, everything that you do is, in a sense, succeeding. It's telling you what not to do, as well as what to do. Not infrequently, I go into the laboratory, and people would say something didn't work. And I say, Great, we've made a great discovery! If you thought it was going to work, and it didn't work, that tells you as much as if it did. So my attitude is not one of pitfalls; my attitude is one of challenges and what is nature telling me?' Such tenacity only comes from right thinking, and it is the hallmark of all successful people. They keep trying, keep learning and keep moving forward. They win the battle in their minds, and then it overflows into what they do. So lets go team Calvary...God has some great things instore for us!
You are loved...