The thrust of this discourse is that you can indeed set high goals for yourself and achieve them no matter the challenges on the way.
Yes,you can emerge from relative obscurity,overcome the inhibitions and limitations imposed on you by your background or environment and rise from nothing to something,from zero to hero,from obscurity to stardom; to overwhelming greatness.
- Have you believed in the Lord Jesus Christ?
- Are you saved?
The Lord himself is willing and capable to bless your hard work,help you to conquer ALL your limitations and achieve all your life's goals.
"FOR WITH GOD NOTHING SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE." Luke 1.37 KJV
Like we all know,the head of all solid foundations is God. And the first foundation to be laid is a good,personal and solid relationship with our savior, JESUS CHRIST.
"FOR OTHER FOUNDATION CAN NO MAN LAY THAN IS LAID, WHICH IS JESUS CHRIST." 1st Corinthians 3.11 KJV
A solid relationship can develop today between you and Jesus if you sincerely repent of all your sins,ask God to forgive and cleanse you,resolve not to go back to them anymore and invite Jesus to come into your life to be your personal Lord and Savior. When you have done this,then make it a habit to pray to him daily,read your Bible,and attend fellowship meetings to hear God's word in order to consolidate your faith in the Lord. Also,resolve to do all that He has commanded us to do in the scriptures.
"DELIGHT YOURSELF ALSO IN THE LORD; AND HE SHALL GIVE THEE THE DESIRES OF THINE HEART.
COMMIT THY WAY INTO THE LORD; TRUST ALSO IN HIM; AND HE SHALL BRING IT TO PASS." Psalm 37.4-5 KJV
After this,you can be sure that God will now hear your prayers. Then prayerfully decide what you want to be in life. It is better when every decision is prayerfully taken,and when you are willing to only embark upon that which will bring glory to God's name.
One terrible thing that can limit or cripple one's aspiration even from the outset is to accept defeat even before one has commenced the journey. In this case,one may begin to feel that 'special' attainments or positions in life or some 'special' careers are reserved for some 'specially favored' or 'gifted' people. This disposition may even come up due to one's family history. Oh!,no member of my family has ever attained this height. Oh!,we don't usually succeed in academics in our family.
The list is endless. But we ought to know that it it takes a determined person to break a jinx,if there is anything like that.
Remember that God knows you,your name and your family. He knows you as a person. And what is more,you are special,very special to Him.
"FOR I KNOW THE THOUGHTS THAT I THINK TOWARD YOU, SAITH THE LORD, THOUGHTS OF PEACE, AND NOT OF EVIL, TO GIVE YOU AN EXPECTED END." Jeremiah 29.11
It is possible that God has decided to start with you,to make you the first very successful person in your family. So don't allow anything deter you from taking delivery of your desired goals and aspirations,not even fear and doubt instead let them inspire you.
Never accept that you can't make it. Discover your God given talents and exploit them optimally... If anyone tells you that you can never come to any good,reject it, Always make positive confessions; tell yourself that you are created to succeed,and not for defeat and then work towards it.
Hard work cannot be avoided. You may not have been born a genius but with hard work and resilient pursuit of set goals,you can even get an upper hand above the so-called born geniuses who may have allowed their obvious natural endowments to lure them into complacency.
Even when you have begun to succeed,never relax on your oars. There is no short-cut to hard work.
“I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.”
Again,do not allow failures and setbacks to deter you. They should instead make you put in more efforts and invest extra labour. Always investigate to discover what you failed to do that may have brought the previous failures. Once you discover them,plug the loopholes,because if you don't, more failures may come from there. On no account must you allow your fears and doubts to intimidate you into disqualifying yourself for the very best prize no matter your background or what you think are your limitations. Boldly set targets for yourself and deploy every hard work,focus and resilience you can muster to reach those targets.
Always aim at the best. If you aim very low,you would end up mediocre. Never be satisfied with half-measures. Never join the bandwagon. Refuse to be a proponent of the status quo mentality.
If you are involved in a contest and there are only few positions to be won,fight with all your might to be among the very few winners. Never accept that the first place is not for you. Do all that you must do which are just and right. Only then can you be viewed as striving to build the live of your dreams.
And one more very important thing; manage your time profitably. Don't waste it. No time wasted is ever regained. You should be able to account for every minute. As your time goes,so your life.
No man can successfully execute a big project with a small mind. He would either enlarge his mind to accommodate the size of the work,thereby,allowing it to grow and progress boundlessly,or compress the work to fit into his small mind,and in the process,impose a crippling limitation that would grossly limit his exploits.He would then simply underachieve where he had a very great opportunity to record an astounding great accomplishment.
