Great people are willing to do what they “hate” in order to gain what they “love.” In other words, what they are going to “gain” is more valuable than what they are going to “sacrifice” to get it.
When God wanted you, He sacrificed the greatest person He could find to purchase you. He sacrificed His son. The greater the product, the higher the cost. You were so great to God that you cost Him the best that He had (His son).
The Apostle Paul said, “…But this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before (Philippians 3:13). In other words, I’m willing to “forget about” those things that I’m giving up in favor of “focusing on” those things that I’m gaining.
Sometimes our focus is on gaining some “thing,” when it should be on gaining some “one.” Is that someone “you?” Have you lost “you?” The originally intended you? The “you” that’s fearless, vibrant, complete, full, and satisfied? What are you willing to forget about in order to gain “you?” The “you” you were always supposed to be.
Are you embracing the patterns that keep you separated from the best “you?” Patterns that keep you lost…patterns that keep you stuck? Are you frozen by the reality that you’ve got to do something, so you do what’s familiar…knowing all the while that it’s not going to produce anything?
Is it time to be willing to lose the familiar in order to gain what’s most important—the most important being ”you?”
Here’s What To Do:
Start searching for the “you” that He originally intended you to be.
You have an idea what that “you” looks like. The fearless “you.” The daring “you.” The bold “you.” The colorful and creative “you.” The carefree “you.” The positive “you.” Not the “you” that your series of losses produced. The “you” that your series of revelations is going to reveal. If a thought, word, or pattern doesn’t match the most amazing “you” that you’ve imagined yourself being, start rejecting it.
If you’ve lost “you,” what are you willing to forget about in order to gain “you?” The “you” you were always supposed to be. What you’re willing to get rid of reveals more of the beauty that was always there, but hidden behind what you refused to discard.
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