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Burn the Tape
It’s not about you and your qualifications but simply your willingness to trust and obey
Michael
His parents thought he was “sub-normal,” and one of his teachers described him as “mentally slow, unsociable, and adrift forever in foolish dreams.”
He was expelled from school and was refused admittance to the Zurich Polytechnic School.
He did eventually learn to speak, read, and even do a little math but first he had to overcome the lies that he was told.
“Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.” — Judges 6:15
Do you hear that recording of doubt replaying over and over in Gideon’s head? “I’m from the weakest family in the smallest clan”; “I’m too small for the job”; “Why are you picking on me Lord?”
Gideon must have heard growing up that his family was labeled as being weak, small in number, and thus he was not going to amount to much.
To eliminate excuses from our lives we must first look at overcoming those voices of doubt that perhaps you have been told by people close to you that you couldn’t do something, you weren’t smart enough, or you didn’t have what it took to be successful.
Thomas Edison, Winston Churchill, and Walt Disney all hurdled those same obstacles.
We see later that not only did Gideon save Israel they pleaded with him to become their king. We serve the God of the possible when we first scale our own walls.
Jesus has much more for your life – burn the tape.
Labels serve as traps and lock us within our beaten down comfort zones.
As a result, you work within a smaller box and often fail to take the action necessary to achieve your goals and objectives that God has set up for you.
If you don’t muster the courage to overcome the voices in your head, you will never really know what God is capable of.
It’s not about you and your qualifications but simply your willingness to trust and obey.
God has equipped you. You are good enough. God made you with a purpose. Stop holding yourself back. Burn the tape – no more excuses.
Reflection
What is your tape that you need to burn?
Michael speaks at conferences, churches, and events seeking to inspire, equip and encourage leaders.
I’m passionate about studying Scripture and sharing the lessons God is teaching me and applying those to business and life. I’m not preachy but strive to be authentic, warts and all, and speak about hope & inspiration in the midst of my own struggles. I receive great joy bringing God’s Word to life so that it makes a difference in our everyday life when speaking. I also try weaving in stories and examples that everyone can identify with often using every day object lessons into my messaging. Often each audience member leaves with that object lesson as a reminder to put the theme into practice.
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