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.