Making Progress – continued

The present challenge you are facing: The scripture gives us assurance that we would always come out of “every” trouble and difficulty we may be facing. Put on a positive attitude that in due time all will be well.

Know who you are in Christ: For you to make progress in life, you’ve got to know who you are in Christ. If you don’t know who you are, then you have a big problem. If you are a child of God, you’ve got to believe that He will never leave you or forsake you.  Take positive steps to make progress in life and He will back you.

Know whose you are: If you know who you belong to in life, then nothing can stop.  The person you belong to determines what power is behind you.  The person you belong to determines the authourity by which you operate, it determines what flows to you and what power is behind you.

Know the laws of progress/success: Why do some people make progress and others don’t? One of them is the law of sight, see yourself succeeding and you will get there. Another one is faith, faith is necessary to obtain what vision has in store for you, when you see it you’ve got to believe it, believe that the vision you see in your spirit will become reality. There is also the law of discovery, everything we will ever need to succeed in this life – has already been provided! You just need to know how to discover and tap into it. Consistency is another thing; make progress by keeping good habits and being consistent in it.

Don’t surrender: If you want to keep making progress, don’t be satisfied with where you are.

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts” – Winston Churchill.

Don’t give up because you have achieved or failed in a particular goal you have, move on whatever the case may be.

Let go of yesterday: These are the yesterdays that “went well and the ones that didn’t” when you let go, you will be able to concentrate on what the future has in store for you.

In this journey of, making progress is very important so that we can arrive at our God ordained destination.  Make up your mind to succeed today and take positive steps forward.

Making Progress

 I am starting a new topic on making progress; I will be talking about how to make progress after success has been achieved.  In making progress or achieving success in life, there are certain moves we must make, if we really want progress. There are some behaviours we would have to let go and some that we must acquire. Everybody wants to achieve success and make progress in life – this is possible, but there are rules and actions to be taken.

There are thousands of things that must be done, that will help move us forward and make progress in life. I will just go straight to the point and outline some of these:

Forget past achievements: This has to do with the things we’ve seen, the favours we received, blessings that came our way, etc.  If we sit down and continue to rejoice and be “contented” with these things, before you know it we could become comforted and believe we have arrived our destination and as such – may decide not to move on. Glorying in the past tends to hold you down, refuse to settle for “this is good enough.”

Reject “every reverse gear” in your life: You’ve got to keep your mind on the target, reject every reverse motion in your life.  You’ve got to make progress in your life, keep your eye on moving forward. The Apostle Paul says “If any man draws back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him,” the part of a just man shines and, moves on. You’ve got to make progress in your personal life, find ways to improve your life and your journey don’t stay in one place, and you don’t want to live a life of unhappiness. Whether you like it or not, if you don’t make progress in your life, when you now see people whom you probably trained or helped take a step forward now pass you, there is something in the human mind that tends to be jealous.  You don’t need to compare your life with anyone, but you need to make progress.

Past mistakes and mess-ups:  Do not dwell in the past and stop pondering about old/past things. You may have been disappointed and some people may have treated you bad, may have behaved like you are not even there – put the past behind you!  Never measure your life all the time by how people treat you. God is doing a new thing in our lives; refuse to be paralyzed by past mess-ups, 1 John 1:9-10, if you confess your sins, God will forgive you.  Forget past mistakes and mess-ups, don’t let them hold you back! If people throw stones of past mistakes on you, gather them and use it to build a great future.

Make A Good Use Of Your Time

 In the morning, it is either we are in a hurry trying to meet up with the days appointment or trying to make breakfast, or trying to get more rest –probably exhausted from yesterday’s work.  It would be a good thing, if we try and account for every minute of our time, especially if you have a set goal.  Try and spend your time valuably, so that at the end of the day we can get some satisfaction, after all, goal setting and evaluation all boils down to time spent.

Spend Time With Your Family

Nothing brings joy like spending time with the people you love, especially your family.  Spending time with your family members makes them feel loved and connected with you, especially some of us with a very busy schedule.  Make the most of your time with your family, “charity begins at home” they say.  Even if you don’t have an immediate family to relate to, your friends and people closest to you – loved ones, can benefit from your valuable time.

Time Alone

In as much as we need to relate with others and our family, we also need time alone.  Yes, because when you are relaxed and happy, you won’t feel “cheated” and just doing things to please other people.  Go to the Spa, take a little vacation or time off once in a while to relax and meditate – spoil yourself a little.  Give yourself a break, and spend some time alone, and, make it count.

It is important that we spend our time, putting it to good use and sharing it with the people we love.  It’s not how many hours there are, but how much you spent for yourself and the people you love.