Let us Take Action
The story is told of a young man who moved to a new neighborhood. One of the first things he noticed was the sound of a whimpering whining dog. After hearing the dog whine day and night for about a week, he decided to find out what was happening. He followed the sound and found an old man sitting on a porch with the whining whimpering dog next to him. The Young man asked, ‘What’s wrong with your dog? The old man replied, ‘he is sitting on a nail’. The young man asked ‘why is he sitting on the nail’? ‘Why doesn’t he get up? The old man then replied, ‘it’s not hurting bad enough.
We often complain about circumstances that we do not like, BUT have the power to change. Beloved, It Is never beneficial to complain. It is time to stop complaining. Instead of grumbling, let us get up, and once and for all, change the things that we have the power to do something about. Constantly whining and talking ill of the circumstances that surround us does nothing, and will never do anything for us. It is time to make a move.
Philippians 4:13 I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who (a) infuses inner strength into me; I am (b) self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency].
We honestly can do ALL things through Christ, that is if we really wanted to. So why don’t we start undertaking activities that will produce change today? Why don’t we change the things that we have the resources to change?
The bottom line is that failing to take action means that we are comfortable where we are, in whatever situation that we are in; at least this is the case most of the time. It matters not that we tell ourselves that we are not comfortable because our actions speak louder than our words.
Of fact, right now, at the very moment, we have ALL the resources that we need to effect change. All we need to do is to harness the courage within, take action, and watch God work on our behalf. Let us draw on the inner strength that God has infused in us. Failure to do so will keep us wondering about goals/dreams/ circumstances that we did nothing about.
Like the dog, we are exactly where we want to be 97% of the time. It, therefore, means that if we are not happy with who we are or where we are; The only person that we should be mad at is ourselves. The fact is we’ll figure things out when we are truly ready to. Want change? Get up now and be the change, begin to change, do something. YOU’VE GOT THIS! We would be astonished by all we would be able to accomplish with faith in God and a little faith in ourselves.
See you along the God-directed path.
Be blessed.
God Directed Steps 