Good Intentions:

Are good intentions slowing you down from achieving all that God has planned for you?

Remember Hebrews 12:1b NLT ~ “Let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily hinders our progress …”

Reflective story:

Five birds are sitting on a telephone wire. Two decide to fly south. How many are left?

I’d hazard a guess that a fair number of people said three.

Well some times our need to answer quickly leads us not to read or hear the question in full. The key is “Two birds decide to fly south”. Actually, all five are left. You see, deciding to fly isn’t the same as doing it.

If a bird really wants to go somewhere, it’s got to point itself in the right direction, jump off the wire, flap its wings, and keep flapping until it gets there.

So it is with most things. Good intentions aren’t enough. It’s not what we want, say, or think that makes things happen; it’s what we do.

If you frequently think of writing thank-you letters, text’s or emails i.e., birthday, and congratulatory notes, like the birds you are only thinking. Unfortunately, only a sad few of these good sentiments ever make it to paper, text or email. Still, if we don’t look too closely, we can deceive ourselves into thinking that based on our good thoughts we are a gracious and grateful person. A truer and less admirable picture of our character is drawn by my actions.

In the end, we either do or don’t do. We either make the time to do the things we want to and should do or we make excuses.

Someone once said . . . ‘Life happens at the level of events, not of words.’ Simply put it actions not intentions that will take us towards achieving whatever gaol you have set yourself.

What do you want to do? Do you want to take a course, change your job, lose weight, make new friends, or spend more time with and appreciate more the ones you have?

What’s stopping you from jumping off the wire and flapping your wings?