It’s the first day of the last month of the year and some of you are still looking at the same vision board with limited vision. You know the one you created at some event, earlier this year, when you were full of New Year Resolutions. The one filled with the magazine cutouts of all the stuff you said you were going to do this year. The one you wrote scriptures in the corner that you haven’t looked at since. The one, you know, the one you have sitting next to the wall in your living room or in the closet in the hall. Yea, that one. What have you accomplished? Understand, this is not to bash you or even to make you feel bad but it’s to get you to take a hard look at the goals you’ve set. It’s a kick in the butt to make you get up and work towards those goals. It is a hard reminder that things will not drop in your lap, you have to get up and make some stuff happen. Look, if you want to fill a pot with water, you have to first put the pot under the faucet, turn it on and then the faucet will do its part. Opening a door, you first twist the knob. Turning on a light, you flip the switch. Heating a house, you turn on the thermostat. Praying, you have to actually pray. Faith, has to be worked. See where I’m going? It takes an effort. What are you doing?
When a farmer plants their seeds, work does not stop while waiting on the harvest. They have to feed the crops, manage the weeds and grass growth, handle what’s left in storage from last year’s harvest, prepare for the next season, clean equipment, make sure storage areas are up to par; all while taking care of faith, family and finances. So you see, even after you plant the seed, there is still work you have to do. This is why the bible shares in Ecclesiastes 11:6, “Sow your seed in the morning, and do not stop working until the evening; for you do not know which activity will succeed–whether this one or that one, or whether both will prosper equally.” Work doesn’t stop simply because you’ve sown your seed and neither will your vision come to pass by cutting and pasting it on a board. If I can be honest, the real work does not begins until after the planting, sowing and the cutting and pasting. You have work to do and it is not too late. Yes, we may be in the 4th quarter of 2017 but there is still time to get the win. You’ll have to get up to get it and put in the work to ensure it succeeds. Will you? Because the bible says in Proverbs 13:4, “The lazy person craves, yet receives nothing, but the desires of the diligent are satisfied.” The planting and pasting is over, now what?
Lakisha, the Author 