Let me start this off by saying this: "I am sorry for all the beautiful people I have known for so long that have never seen the me that you deserved to see." We rarely live up to our full potential and everyone can say there was (or still is) a time where the you that you are is enough for yourself. I can say that I am guilty of this and I still practice some of this. But, no longer am I just going to try to get by; I want to thrive. I want to thrive spiritually, emotionally and physically. I want to thrive in my relationships and I want to thrive in my life. I want to be the complete package so that I can live up to the standards that God made me to be. That means that I am going to have to develop different habits, different mindsets and break the chains that are holding me, but the end results will be worth all the temporary growing pains and discomfort.
Good isn't good enough.
God wants all that I have, from the last bit of energy I have in my body to the last drop of sweat in that final hour of preparation. God didn't just throw me together and call it His best. He made a masterpiece, a piece of creation to be admired by the world. So, how does it look when His masterpiece produces work that isn't even close to his best? There have been moments where I have given it about 88% and the product was unbelievable. People were impressed and amazed at what I could do. Imagine if I aimed for 100 percent. What if I had practiced or worked on it an extra week or put more time into it? Why waste potential? It's not gonna hurt you if you don't use it, but you are cutting yourself out of many awesome opportunities that you could have, if only you took the time to develop and work on what you can do.
Potential is like a check; useless unless you cash it.
What's the point of a check? To get the money into your pocket or your account. If you never used the check, that's money you could have had, but since you didn't get it cashed, it's just a piece of paper. How many of us would say we have a bunch of uncashed potential? We haven't gotten it cashed, so we are holding on to what could be. I want results and I want to thrive; I don't want to hold a piece of what could be. I want to hold results of what is. My walk has the potential to be an example of what discipleship could look like, and God could use it to minister to someone who needs to see that. My musical abilities and worship have the potential to take me places and be a servant of the kingdom, but if I don't practice or take it as seriously, then who can receive what God needs me to give? I don't want what could have been, but an example of what has come to be.
There is much much more to me than this. I want to be able to say that at the end of the day, I'm pushing my full potential to new places. I'm looking forward to this challenge and I encourage you to do this with me. I want to be complete. It doesn't matter what goals you're trying to do, it works for many and all. Let's discover our untapped potential and live up to what we were destined to be.
