Living above the level of mediocrity

I really wanted to stray away from sacreligious literature on this blog and not not be so pious, but DAMN my pastor put it to me this morning. As many times as I’ve tried to tell people not to become complacent and always strive for more because they deserve it, I could never break it down hoe my pastor broke it down for me today. I usually use a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. but he gave it to out of a biblical perspective. He came out of Colossians 3 and spoke about complacency, strive, and strategies to eliminate both. He said many people just take detriments and don’t persevere through them. He went on to say that titles don’t mean anything! Titles only set people in complacency and won’t work to go further than what they have already accomplished. Titles only can give people time; time to go further than what they have already been accomplished. This message was so on target for me and challenged me go above and beyond. That’s why I feel compelled to share this with the people. Take this strategy and use it well.

5 steps to striving further
1. Elevate your pursuit
a. What you’re chasing after shouldn’t be the same thing everyone
else is chasing after.
2. Elevate your priority
a. Choose your priorities carefully. Set your mind on what you
want and keep them set.
3. Elevate you pondering
a. “How you think determines who you are.”
b. “As a man thinketh, so is he”
c. Get your mind out the gutter. [literally] Raise your thinking to
correlate with your aspirations not with your current state.
d. Eliminate some your attitudes
4. Eliminate some actions
a. Some of the things you do are hindering you from advancement.
Eliminate them and continue to go further.
5. Mortify your members
a. Destroy some evil innate attributes in your character.
i. Sexual Immorality
ii. Impurity
iii. Lust
iv. Evil Desire
v. Greed
b. Nobody wants something that everyone has….or had.
6. Cultivate
a. You have what it takes to get to your desired destination. Now all
you have to do I polish and cultivate your skills until you reap
the blossom. And when you do reap the blossom . . . sow another
seed.
b. The reason many people are still miserable and poor is because
they Pass Over Opportunities Repeatedly.