I believe this applies to life circumstances as well. Often times we discover we are stagnant or we are not progressing as we should due to our refusal to follow through. I don't believe that this is a result of the inability but more so our lazy mindsets and comfortable attitudes that prevent us from following through and ultimately making our shot in life. Some of us in fact remain bench warmers. You know the ones that did just enough to make the team but have yet to acquire the skill set to make it on the court. What good is it to work hard enough to get your jersey and make the team but spend your time on the bench. From the bench you are not able to experience the benefits of not only playing the game but winning the game either. From the bench you are simply an observer. Imagine how salty bench warmers are. They have to take a seat and sit back and watch their teammates in the spot light even though they are a part of the team as well. I find this to be so true especially with women. We can become so catty and envious of our friends, colleagues and family's success because they chose to follow through and receive the benefits of playing in the game and because you chose to be a bench warmer, you're salty.
The reality is, the most rewarding accomplishments in life require follow through. There are no short cuts in life, especially not on this growth journey. When obtaining my Masters degree, I recall several sleepless nights and many times I considered giving up because the follow through seemed too difficult. But what rewarding successes have ever been easily obtained in life? To go further, I find this to be the most difficult thing when ending relationships or friendships. Far too many times we know the signs. We take the steps to finally call it quits, stop calling, stop texting, unfollow on social media and all the others things only to find ourselves right back in the arms of that person or persons we know are no good for us. We believe if we try again with a person that has clearly shown us they aren't the one, that things will be different and then we often discover the 2nd or 3rd go round ended worse than the first time. Why don't we follow through? Why do we see moving on as such a hard task? Is it our emotions, which we acknowledge aren't dependable? Is it our fear of being alone? What truly is the benefit of holding on to that which mean us no good? There's no way to win a loosing situation...
We often convince ourselves we can give CPR to dead situations even though no matter how you put it a dead situation is DEAD... If in fact we were to follow through, we have the opportunity to experience that which really is best for us. In many stories in the bible when Jesus traveled the world healing individuals, he didn't just heal because it was asked, he gave instruction, required follow through and then provided the blessing. In the story of the blind man, we know that he had been sitting on the side of the road begging for years. He heard that Jesus was visiting near by but because he was vision impaired, he did not have the ability to see Jesus's exact location. Regardless of his inability to see, he began to shout and despite the rebuke from others, Jesus heard him. When Jesus approached the man and he made his request to regain sight, Jesus responds with "Go, your faith has healed you". Notice that first God instructs him to GO... upon going, as instructed, his sight was then restored. In this situation, the blind man had to follow through with not allowing his inability to be a reason he missed out on his blessing. Far too many times, we make excuses and allow past hurts and experiences to enable us from accessing our blessings. It wasn't the fact that Jesus granted the blind mans request, but his follow through and faith were in alignment and in position to receive a winning shot. Are you in position to receive the blessing you've been awaiting? What's your follow through looking like? In order for us to make the winning shot, perhaps we need to brush up on our follow through...
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