Wednesday, September 19, 2012

"But the noble man makes noble plans, and by noble deeds he stands." -- Isaiah 31:8

The outcome of your work, your life, your time, will reflect that which preceded the work itself: the plan and the purpose of the work.  If you expect to successfully change the world, you probably will.  Consider professional athletes.  They have been trained and conditioned most of their lives to play what appears to be instinctively.  But it's not instinct.  Instead, it's rapid brain processing that moves so much quicker than the typical brain.  It moves quicker because it has trained and built myelin inside it that physically causes that brain to fire at such impressive speeds.  But it all began with the image of what success looked like.  The 7 yr-old pitcher knew that to be successful meant to stand on the mound and throw the ball straight and over the plate, hoping the batter would swing and miss.  How many hundreds of thousands of pitches has a 25 year-old pro pitcher thrown in their lifetime?  Too many to count.  But it started with the vision of the ball going over the plate.  What is your vision?  Don't have one?  Pray until one comes.  Then with that vision, set out to make it a reality.  Make it a noble one!

Readings:  Isaiah 30:12-33:12; Galatians 5:1-12; Psalm 63:1-11; Proverbs 23:22