Doing what it takes!! Success in all areas of life always comes with a price! Very few people just fall into success, or blessing. It takes great effort, work and go old blood, sweat and tears. This not only works in the natural world, but in our Christian walk as well!
Sometimes we want things to come without any effort on our part. How many people want life to be easy!
In honor of Martin Luther King Day, here is one of his quotes, concering doing what it takes. "If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets as Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the host of heaven will pause to say, "There lived a great street sweeper who did his job well."
So many times we look for short cuts, and many times we need to keep on doing what it takes to see the breakthrough!
Before Paul wrote: "I have finished my course," he wrote: "I have worked harder, been put in jail ofterner, been whipped times without number, and faced death again and again, and again."
Go ahead, measure yourself by this standard! Then ask yourself "Am I willing to do what it takes????"
Amen
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