Eps. 014 - The Progress that's Painful

What in your life is going to be painful, but if you do it, is going to release hope and vision for new layers, new territories, new breakthroughs, new visions, new opportunities? The reality is if you are listening to this, you have a vision that you are going after and you’re excited about. … but when you’re going about your vision, you will get to a point where you need to make progress in areas that are painful to you. .. and you can’t help but distract yourself and do other things that you actually like to do, only to have the things that you need to be doing stack up and hold you back from accomplishing your goals and visions. Whatever you know you need to get done to reach that God-vision -- there is a time where you have to just lay your flesh down and say, you know what, I’m tired of avoiding this, I’m tired of distracting myself, I’m going to get the thing done that I need to get done. We can easily go through the motions because we want to make progress, but it’s not going through the motions that are going to give us the progress that we’re looking for, it’s being impactful that will allow us to have the progress that we’re looking for. That’s why the Word says that we need to consider our ways and consider the way we are doing life... It’s easy to do work -- but how impactful is your work? It’s easy to show up in your relationship but how impactful is your presence? It’s easy to read the bible, but how impactful is your study time? It’s better to have more impact than is to have influence. In order to live a fulfilled, meaningful life, there has to be some level of impact that is being created with what you put your hands to. When you identify those painful things that you have been avoiding that are holding you back from making the impact you want to make… You can then rely on the faith of God, God’s power to overcome, and the promise that He has for you in the overcoming for the strength that you need.