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Authors: Joel Osteen
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does that mean? Develop your gifts and talents. Whatever you do, whatever your occupation is, do your best to be the best. Improve your skills. Read books. Take training courses. Go back to school if you need to. But don’t you dare just sit back and think,
I’ll never rise any higher. I’ll never get out of this neighborhood. I guess this is just my lot in life.
Your lot in life is to excel. It’s to go further. It’s to make a difference in this world. Take a stand and say, “I will not settle where I am. I was made for more. I’m a child of the Most High God. I have seeds of greatness on the inside. So I am rising up to be the best I can be right here, knowing God will take me where I’m supposed to go.”
God Will Show Up
When you do what you
can
do, God will show up and do what you
can’t
do. He will give you breaks that you don’t think you deserve. He will cause people to be good to you for no reason. He will open doors that no man can shut. That’s His favor shining down on your life.
Juan Rodriguez grew up in extreme poverty in Puerto Rico. His familyhad hardly anything to eat. Their home was nothing more than a shack. At seven years old, he was working in the sugarcane fields, carrying water to the workers. It didn’t look like he had much of a future or that he would ever escape poverty.
But near his house there was an old run-down, beat-up golf course where he took a job as a caddie at the age of six to earn extra money. Soon, Juan was hooked on golf. He couldn’t afford clubs, so he began playing with a stick. He used tin cans as golf balls. All through the day he would play rounds on his makeshift golf course.
When one of the local golfers saw how interested Juan was in the game, he helped Juan get a job on the course, making thirty-five cents a day. Whenever Juan wasn’t working he was playing golf, perfecting his swing, mastering his putting, being the best he could be right where he was.
At twenty-one years of age, he was hired as a full-time caddy at a golf course in Puerto Rico. One day a professional golfer came through and saw how talented Juan was. This golfer took Juan under his wing and started working with him, teaching him, training him.
Today, many years later, Juan Rodriguez is better known as Chi Chi Rodriguez. He won eight tournaments on the PGA Tour, and twenty-two tournaments on the Senior or Champions Tour, where he was once named Senior Player of the Year. He started the Chi Chi Rodriguez Youth Foundation to provide role models and assistance for troubled and abused children.
Bloom where you’re planted. Don’t make excuses. Don’t go through life thinking,
I’ve got a disadvantage. I’ve got too many obstacles. I’m the wrong nationality. I come from the wrong family. I don’t have the connections. I could never get out of this environment.
You may not see how you will rise above, but God sees. He already has a way. Your destiny is not determined by how you were raised, or by your circumstances, or by how many odds are against you; your destiny is determined by the Creator of the universe. And if you take what God has given you and make the most of it, like Chi Chi did, God will open doors. He will give you good breaks, and He will place the right people across your path.
Either God is doing a work in you or He’s using you to do a work in someone else.
Get rid of your excuses. Quit waiting for things to change. Sow a seedand be happy right now. When you’re in difficult times, remember: Either God is doing a work in you or He’s using you to do a work in someone else. As long as you’re in faith, where you are is where you’re supposed to be.
Quit fighting to go somewhere else. Be the best you can be right where you are. If you make this decision to bloom where you’re planted, you pass the test. God promises He will pour out His blessings and favor. You’ll not only live happy, but also God will take you places you’ve never even dreamed of.
Enjoy
I’ll never rise any higher. I’ll never get out of this neighborhood. I guess this is just my lot in life.
Your lot in life is to excel. It’s to go further. It’s to make a difference in this world. Take a stand and say, “I will not settle where I am. I was made for more. I’m a child of the Most High God. I have seeds of greatness on the inside. So I am rising up to be the best I can be right here, knowing God will take me where I’m supposed to go.”
God Will Show Up
When you do what you
can
do, God will show up and do what you
can’t
do. He will give you breaks that you don’t think you deserve. He will cause people to be good to you for no reason. He will open doors that no man can shut. That’s His favor shining down on your life.
Juan Rodriguez grew up in extreme poverty in Puerto Rico. His familyhad hardly anything to eat. Their home was nothing more than a shack. At seven years old, he was working in the sugarcane fields, carrying water to the workers. It didn’t look like he had much of a future or that he would ever escape poverty.
But near his house there was an old run-down, beat-up golf course where he took a job as a caddie at the age of six to earn extra money. Soon, Juan was hooked on golf. He couldn’t afford clubs, so he began playing with a stick. He used tin cans as golf balls. All through the day he would play rounds on his makeshift golf course.
When one of the local golfers saw how interested Juan was in the game, he helped Juan get a job on the course, making thirty-five cents a day. Whenever Juan wasn’t working he was playing golf, perfecting his swing, mastering his putting, being the best he could be right where he was.
At twenty-one years of age, he was hired as a full-time caddy at a golf course in Puerto Rico. One day a professional golfer came through and saw how talented Juan was. This golfer took Juan under his wing and started working with him, teaching him, training him.
Today, many years later, Juan Rodriguez is better known as Chi Chi Rodriguez. He won eight tournaments on the PGA Tour, and twenty-two tournaments on the Senior or Champions Tour, where he was once named Senior Player of the Year. He started the Chi Chi Rodriguez Youth Foundation to provide role models and assistance for troubled and abused children.
Bloom where you’re planted. Don’t make excuses. Don’t go through life thinking,
I’ve got a disadvantage. I’ve got too many obstacles. I’m the wrong nationality. I come from the wrong family. I don’t have the connections. I could never get out of this environment.
You may not see how you will rise above, but God sees. He already has a way. Your destiny is not determined by how you were raised, or by your circumstances, or by how many odds are against you; your destiny is determined by the Creator of the universe. And if you take what God has given you and make the most of it, like Chi Chi did, God will open doors. He will give you good breaks, and He will place the right people across your path.
Either God is doing a work in you or He’s using you to do a work in someone else.
Get rid of your excuses. Quit waiting for things to change. Sow a seedand be happy right now. When you’re in difficult times, remember: Either God is doing a work in you or He’s using you to do a work in someone else. As long as you’re in faith, where you are is where you’re supposed to be.
Quit fighting to go somewhere else. Be the best you can be right where you are. If you make this decision to bloom where you’re planted, you pass the test. God promises He will pour out His blessings and favor. You’ll not only live happy, but also God will take you places you’ve never even dreamed of.
Enjoy
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