“I have finished the work you gave me.” Jn 17:4 GNT BE A FINISHER Unfinished business drains your energy without your even realizing it. William James said, “There is nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task.” And the Internet has made the problem worse, because now you get more “messages” in one day than you used to get in a month. When you don’t focus on something, you don’t finish it. So you end up frustrated, feeling like “nothing is getting done.” If you don’t take control of your time, the most forceful people and most urgent situations in your life will. Before #Christ picked His twelve disciples or calmed the storm on #Galilee, He spent all night in #prayer. “He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone” (Jn 6:15 NKJV). Note the word “again.” #Jesus regularly retreated from the pressures of the crowd in order to determine His #priorities. Mac Anderson says: “Something magical happens when we accept personal #responsibility for our #behavior and results. But it’s not easy…it’s #human nature to ‘pass the buck.’ As I’ve gotten older (and wiser), when things go wrong…I can always find the culprit…in the mirror. In every instance it comes back to choices I’ve made that put me exactly where I am today. Adopting an attitude of personal #accountability means you’ve more control over your #destiny…you become a contributor instead of a passive observer…others look to you for leadership…you gain a #reputation as a problem solver…You experience the satisfaction that comes from getting things done…there’s less #anger, #frustration and #helplessness, which in turn leads to better #physical #health…There’s a #positive spillover into your personal and #spiritual #life. Sometimes winning isn’t about finishing first, it’s about finishing—period!” #DailyDevotional
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:00:00 +0000
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