I may be writing today and whomever reads this will benefit from this, the main reason is to encourage myself. I said that to state that this writing is for me today. Philippians 4:11-13 states "I've learned to be content in whatever situation I'm in. I know how to live in poverty or prosperity. No matter what the situation, I've learned the secret of how to live when I'm full or when I'm hungry, when I have too much or when I have too little. I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me."
I shared with someone the other day about being a champion. Let me expound on what I was briefly shown in a moment. A champion is someone that trains/studies; prepares; and then conquers. Let me take that thought into a certain area so to speak...a boxing champion.
I know nothing about boxing so please excuse me if I do not have terms correct I will just speak plainly on this subject OK. A champion boxer does not just wake up one day and say I think I will be a champion boxer and gets into a boxing ring that very day and become the World Champion. I would guess it starts out as a dream/vision that is inside of them and then there is a work that needs to be performed through them in order to achieve the final result. The best at what you do.
We are given by God natural talents within us. We are then to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit to teach and draw these raw talents out of us. If you took a bite out of a very under ripe pear it would be hard to bite into and the taste would be not very appealing to your senses. If you wait too long that same pear would then be over ripe and when you bite into it it would be very mushy and messy to deal with. But, if you wait at the right moment to bite into that pear oh how sweet and delicious it can be to your taste buds. A hard pear may have the appearance of a beautiful green outside or the overripe pear having the appearance of an ugly outside appearance and may even look bruised and beaten up a bit.
The green pear represents the person just starting out on the path to their destiny being fulfilled. Isn't it interesting that I chose the word "green?" When someone refers to someone that is green it usually makes reference to the fact that they are new at doing something and they need to cultivate their talent(s.) When a person is represented by the bruised pear example that reflects that they have been training and have gone through struggles and battles, big and small. With each battle wound or scar that was earned it gives them the background to go forth in their destiny.
A boxer can be in the boxing ring and be in the heat of his most fierce fight and may even be all bloody and beaten up so to speak on the outside but when he knows what the prize is ahead of him he will toughen up and take it to the next level. Even if it means he may have a bruised eye, arm, shoulder, etc. The prize becomes so pronounced within him and he can actually see himself receiving the prize that he all of a sudden gets the biggest rush of energy and strength, and forges ahead to attain that prize. That is awesome. Do not ever let go of what the Lord has called you to do. I have been in this walk long enough to know that if you choose to keep on fighting He will continue to keep on strengthening you. There is no better or safer place to be than in the arms of Jesus. He will be the one to see you through it. When it looks like you are all beaten up, torn up, and depleted along comes the Holy Spirit with a fresh new wind and the next thing you know you just defeated your last and very large opponent never to have to challenge that one again. So, hang in there and press forward towards the mark of the high calling that is upon your life. Remember, this battle is just the final beating that proceeds the main victory in your life. Not everyone can attain the title of World Champion. Everyone may have the dream but very few prepare, train and conquer that dream. Hang in there and when it seems like there really is no where to go or anything seems to be out there for you to grasp upon DON'T GIVE UP BECAUSE SUNSHINE IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. WHEN SUNSHINE IS PRESENT IN A SKY THERE MAY ONLY BE ONE OR TWO CLOUDS IN THE SKY AND AT THAT POINT THEY CANNOT KEEP SUNSHINE FROM POURING FORTH.
Take your sunshine or sonshine (the Jesus inside of you) and share it with all you meet today. For you may not know where they are on their journey and you just never know if you will be entertaining an angel that the Lord sends to you this very day to strengthen you.
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