Matt 20:32 And Jesus stopped and called them, and said, ”What do you want Me to do for you?”33 They said to Him, “Lord, we want our eyes to be opened.”34 Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes; and immediately they regained their sight and followed Him.
What would you say if Jesus asked you this question? If you had a million dollars, how would you spend it? Knowing what you want is a foundation principle to achieving it. As a matter of fact, if you will do the following, you will begin to see the things you want getting closer in just a few weeks.
Write Your Goals
What do you want to do with your life? How do you want your time to be spent? What would make you proud to have accomplished by your death date?
Writing your goals in a practice that many people do. It’s incredibly powerful and will help you focus.
Write Out Your Philosophy
This is something I stumbled across a few years ago. I was working at a church that was so terrible it was making me want to leave the ministry entirely. I was being asked to do things that were wrong in my core. However, I could articulate what I really believed.
So one day I sat in my office and wrote for about four hours. I just started typing… any and everything I could think that I believed about ministry. I wrote it knowing that things would change over time, but it helped me identify what I believe. It helped me identify what I would and wouldn’t do. It helped me understand what would satisfy me and what would make me want to leave the ministry. From the creation of this document, I have been a happy, stronger and more confident minister and individual.
Written Plan
How are you going to get there. Think outside of the American Dream. The American Dream says you have to furnish your house. If you’re goal is to get our of debt, furniture is again your goal… sit on the ground. Do whatever it takes to achieve the prize.
Do It
Yeah, just do it. Stop talking an do it. The simplest yet hardest thing to so is to shut up and do it! But JUST DO IT!
That’s my thought for today. Blessings!
One of the benefits to having Jason Mayfield as a friend and mentor is that he instilled these three principles in me before I became a pastor. Starting out in full-time ministry with this mindset has helped me a ton. IT WORKS