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Thursday, January 25, 2007
Professional What?  I'm so happy and excited that my Chicago Bears are going to the Super Bowl for the first time in 22 years. I love football and I love the Bears! I keep telling my son Trey, that he is going to be a professional football player and one day play for the Bears. Truth be told, I would love him to play in the NFL someday, but I don’t care what he does as long as he does it for God's glory. His chances of going to the NFL are quite slim. Statistics show that only 1 in 16,000 people ever fulfill the dream of becoming a professional athlete. Those odds aren't very good. I was reading in Proverbs 22:29 the other day and came across a good scripture. "Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men." In this passage the Bible is telling us to work hard and do our best to become good at what we are doing. When we do this, we will not work for ordinary or normal people, rather, we'll be known for greatness. We have to learn the value of hard work. I learned early in life that natural talent and ability only get you so far. We are all born with great gifts given to us by God. He gives each of us gifts of talent, skill and ability that He wants us to use. He also expects us to prove ourselves to be hard workers and cultivate and develop those skills and abilities to become skilled at what we do. He wants us to become professionals. In order for this to happen, we have to learn to work hard. We have to learn to do what others are not willing to do in order to become the best we can be. My dad taught me what it means to be a hard worker and my Uncle Ronnie reinforced this for me when I worked with him. They are both men who are willing to roll up their sleeves and get a job done and they give time and effort to ensure the job is done right the first time. As a teenager, I remember working odd jobs with my Uncle Ronnie. He owned his own handy man business and could do just about anything. He often took me along and gave me the opportunity to earn a little spending money. I quickly learned with my Uncle Ronnie that if the job wasn't done well, according to his standards, he wasn't going to pay. He taught me how to plan the work to be done and then work according to that plan. He gave a high premium on ensuring the work was done with a high level of excellence and he often focused on paying attention to the little details. He would say the little details are what separated good work from great work. I have noticed that a lot of young people today don't know what it's like to become skilled in their work. With so many things drawing them in every direction and because many educators have adopted the "everyone's a winner" philosophy, young people don't stick with things long enough to become good at them. Many will give up after the first failure. This is not a good thing. We have to train ourselves how to work hard. We have to learn to focus on fewer things and practice them until we are skilled. We have to learn to realize that failure isn't messing up once or twice; instead failure is giving up and abandoning the effort. God wants us to learn to be hard workers so that we can be skilled in the work He has called us to do. He is the king that we are called to serve before and He is worthy of the best we can give Him. Are you willing to stay focused and handle your business in service for Him? I hope so. Word... Pasta' Alex posted by Pasta' Alex # 10:20 AM   Comments: Post a Comment Links to this post: Create a Link << Home |
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