Success requires sacrifice. It takes discipline to move to the next level in anything you wish to accomplish. It requires you to move out of your comfort zone that keeps us stuck in that same situation and the same place. We can become so programed in our everyday lives that we look and act robotic. I believe many of us take the same route to work, do the same daily routines, and repeat. Sacrifice sounds like a profound word because it requires work. Sacrifice is defined as an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded as more important or worthy. You cannot expect a change and stay the same. Many of us have become complacent. Limiting ourselves but there is greater in store for those that love the Lord. It is more for those who are willing to operate in faith and move forward. There are so many things that can hinder our process and progress, so we must maintain focus. Focus enough to reach our expected goal. We must touch it every day to accomplish it. Whether it be an hour or several because doing nothing leads to nothing. Moving from great to greater requires strategy and submission that will lead you to success. You must have a plan for what it is that you wish to accomplish. If your ambition is to save money, then you must have a financial goal in mind and a plan to get there. A dollar a day gets you closer to a hundred dollars than nothing. Success requires sacrifice, and we were born to be successful and not to settle. Jesus said, “I came that you may have life and life more abundantly.” (John 10:10).
“Write the vision and make it plain upon tables, that he may run who reads it.” (Habakkuk 2:2 NKJV). The Lord instructed Habakkuk to write down the revelation that was being shown to him. And even though it was not for the right now, it still had an appointed time to be fulfilled. God is faithful and when he sends his word forth it does not return to him void. If you do the work, it will work. He has put dreams and gifts in each of us, something we can use to prosper us and others. But do we believe and if so, then why are we not moving on it or walking in it. God had a plan to redeem man back to himself with the sacrifice of his Son. (John 3:16). Jesus Christ stayed focused and no matter what the enemy threw at him he was successful in achieving the task set before him. He did the will of his Father all the way to the cross. God had a plan, and the plan was fulfilled because God’s sacrifice and Jesus’ submission brought success. And that process works the same way in our story. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8).
Making changes is not always easy when it comes to tasks we are unfamiliar with. Whether it be starting a new job for better pay, leaving the old neighborhood to broaden our horizons to new places and people, or implementing the dream inside of you. Changing our mindsets requires sacrifice and submission to become successful. The old way does not work when you are aiming for something new. It takes character and courage to beat the challenge. But when faith meets works, the internal reward will give you great victory when you proclaim, “IT IS FINISHED.”
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