#Tonight Show# ‘Soul Food’ I once watched a most incredible thing. Outside my bedroom window, a small bird was trying to gather a string, which I presumed was going to build its nest. It is amazing that this little creature acting on instinct alone would gather this kind of material for building. You see, a bird cannot reason but it probably thinks to itself, A piece of string would be nice to use for building my nest, so Ill take it. I watched as the bird made several attempts to gather the string. She would pick up one end of the string in her beak and fly upward, but the string would fall, and she would try again. This activity went on for several minutes. What made this so incredible to me was that the other end of the string was attached to a pole supporting the roof of a makeshift kitchen. You probably are thinking, Whats so incredible about watching a bird do what it naturally does? Here are the lessons I picked; 1. PERSISTENCE: No matter how many times she failed, the bird kept on trying. How often do you and I show this kind of persistence in our endeavors? 2. FOCUS: All she saw was the string, and she went after it. How often do we keep a singular focus on a particular goal? Too often we allow our focus to scatter to several objectives, and then we wonder why we dont succeed in achieving any of them. 3. CONFIDENCE: Her intention was to get that string. The bird was not deterred by the fact that a large pole was in her way. Moral: We need to be PERSISTENT, FOCUSED, and CONFIDENT in our efforts as we serve the Lord. I am sure we will find more success in our endeavors.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 20:20:43 +0000
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