For quite a while, there’s been ‘one thing’ I need to focus and deliver on to improve the quality of my life. Unintentionally, I’ve managed to run around it like Jericho without getting through it. While pondering it this morning, a passage of scripture came to mind:
𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗜 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗗, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗜 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿; 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗱𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗗, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲. 𝗣𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝟮𝟳:𝟰
Here are a few lessons from this text:
𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴: Focus is essential to successfully accomplishing projects/tasks. Don’t be a jack of all trades; if you struggle to multitask, prioritize and concentrate on one thing at a time.
𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀/ 𝗢𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀: These are synonymous with the ‘definition of done’ and must be identified to clarify expectations, direction, and destination. For the Psalmist, it was “to dwell in the house, to behold God’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple”.
𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗲: Focus and goals need to be fuelled with passion to enable success. This passion often drives the plan of action which sets your goals in motion.
𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: This is the process of actualizing your goals and the culmination of everything. ‘Seeking after’ implies that you are proactive and in pursuit – making things happen as opposed to waiting to respond to things after they happen.
𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲: 1) Focus on and prioritize your ‘one thing’. 2) Commit to completing it within a specific time period and get to work. 3) Find an accountability partner to help assess your progress on your commitment. 4) Celebrate your success once done. 5) Testify: glorify God and encourage others too #fulfilmentcomes #hollaapraise #theonething
𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱: The One Thing
