Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “A life of service”
Our Bible verse for today: “Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper.” Proverbs 13:4 (NLT)
Our thought for today: “Just do it.”
The primary difference between those who achieve meaningful things in life and those who don’t is that under-achievers and non-achievers talk about what they’re going to do, while the achievers just go out and do it.
Living a life filled with meaningful accomplishments isn’t rocket science and it’s not reserved for those special few who seem to have been born with great abilities. Achievement in life is primarily a matter of getting off the couch and actually doing the thing you’ve been talking about.
Non-achievers talk about getting additional education so they can get a better job; the achiever works all day to pay his or her living expenses, and then goes to college at night to get that degree. Some people talk about losing weight and getting in shape; others just go to the gym and start eating right.
It’s true in the Christian life too. Many people plan to help at the church workday, but something always seems to get in the way. Others just show-up and do the work. Lots of people talk about one day going on a mission trip to an exotic place; but then there are those special few who just sign-up, raise the money, take vacation time, and go.
One of my favorite quotes on this subject was spoken by one of my favorite Presidents, Teddy Roosevelt. He said,
“It is not the critic that counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but he who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great devotion; who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails while daring greatly, knows that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
I want to encourage you to do things. Don’t just talk about them, do them. Pray, ask the Lord for insight and wisdom and direction, and then go live life.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 