Imagine if you could accomplish everything God called you to accomplish? We all can but we don’t realize it. So many times we look at life and create excuses to not do much with life. What is holding you back? What is it going to take to unlock your potential so that you can become all that God called you to be.
Let me clarify something, this does not mean that in order to create your full potential, you have to work 80 hours a week. I believe that is not of God especially if you are married and have a family. There is no way for you to work that without sacrificing your family.
Those of you that read my posts, you all know where I stand on being so career focused that you lose touch with your family and reality. Your potential has way more to do with your overall living than it has to do with your career.
Yes, you can focus on only your career and you have so much potential you would not know what to do. Yes you will accomplish many great things but at you also are sacrificing your family in the process. I see many people do this and call it in the name of God.
So what am I talking about? I am talking about creating balance in your life so that family gets a priority. There are many things you can do to make your career work off 40 hours a week. They say the average person doesn’t really work but 6 hours a day when you add all the non-productive things people do with their days.
Imagine what you could do if you just decided to focus 8 hours a day on your career but in those 8 hours, you really focused so that when its time to be with your family, you will be with your family?
You can truly do that if you learn to focus on the right things. Focus is everything. Without focus you will never accomplish anything in your life. Focusing on first things first is all about prioritizing your life. You have to decide what is important, what is needed and what really doesn’t matter.
Once you have decided on that then you might want to consider dropping most of what doesn’t matter so that you can stay focused on the important things. Life is short but we can still create a balanced life if we choose the right things to focus on.
Maybe a part of your life is your lifestyle is bigger than you should have at your level of income? Maybe it is time for you to downgrade your lifestyle for a bit? This may not be permanent but for now you have to set priorities. Creating a balanced life takes tons of focus but in the long run you can do it.
By pulling all this together and keeping your life simple, you will be able to unlock your full potential as a child of God, a parent, a spouse and whatever other roles you have to play in your life.
Remember unlocking your potential isn’t about money but about quality of life and to have quality of life involves being focused so that you bring forward the most important things to you first.
Ask God to help you decide what is truly important and what is not that important. Sometimes you have to sacrifice your career some so that your family can be in balance but you should never sacrifice your family so that your career can blossom. That is too big a price!
So the next time you look at your life and think about your potential, just ask yourself, am I keeping my life focused so that I can accomplish what I need to in the shortest time possible so that I can balance my time with my family? It’s all about priorities. This may sound impossible to do but with God all things are possible!
Be Inspired or Be Left Behind!
Chris Benton