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“Two roadblocks that often mislead us are lack of authority and lack of resources.”

A thought by Erwin Raphael McManus from his book, Chasing Daylight: Seize the Power of Every Moment (Kindle Location 1147). Kindle Edition.

My dad was a minister and there were many phrases that he said that have stayed with me.  One was, “A short pencil is better than a long memory.”   I use my notes app on my iPhone all the time.  Another was, “No paper is so thin that is doesn’t have two sides.”  I strive to always see the other side.  But one that came to my mind this morning was, “What your faith covers you now have.”

I was just reading on my Kindle, Matthew 9 in the Message paraphrase and Jesus said something to a couple of blind guys that reaffirms my dad’s phrase.  It says, “He touched their eyes and said, ‘Become what you believe.’”  Become what you believe.  The reality was they were blind but the reality was Jesus could give them sight.  He said, “It’s up to you.  Choose what you’re going to believe and that will become a reality.”  

What are you becoming by what you believe?  I’ve been wrestling over one of the physical problems that come from getting older.  It was getting me down last night and it seemed to stay with me this morning.  In other words, I was getting depressed.  I’m turning 66 a week from Saturday and that fact may have been there in my subconscious.  That is why the phrase that Jesus said really hit me.  I understand the reality of being 66 but I also know that I don’t need to believe that it is a roadblock to living a major effective life.  It will become one if I believe it is.

What roadblock are you using as an excuse?  I can’t do anything because I don’t have any money, because I am single, because I am shy, because I am old, because I don’t have any talents, because life is against me, because of my parents, because of my nationality, because I have kids, because of my wife, because I’m sick, because I’m too fat, too short, too ugly.  Whatever the excuse you believe the truth is you are right.  Whatever your faith covers you now have.  But the truth is people who have what you call a roadblock have believed that they didn’t matter and they made a difference.   They saw them not as roadblocks but opportunities. 

God wants to do unbelievable things through me even if I am 66.  It just makes Him look better. 

So what are you becoming because of your belief? 
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  1. AnfinsenArts AliveMay 23, 2013 at 10:50 AM

    I feel like opportunities diminish as we get older. I see my limited education as a hindrance to what I want to accomplish, and my age as a roadblock.

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  2. Bill WilliamsMay 23, 2013 at 2:13 PM

    i understand Carol. But a 14 year old played golf on Sunday in this past Master's Golf Tournament and an 80 year old Japanese man this past Thursday reached the top of Mt. Everest. I understand that no 14 year old had ever done that and that no 80 year old had ever climbed Mt. Everest.

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