If you notice in our culture today, the majority of American’s hate their job’s. I have found three primary reasons why our culture insists on living like this. This is a serious issue that people deal with on a daily basis. Here are the reasons as I see them:
1. Fear of change
What you don’t realize is, is that change is part of our everyday lives. We change our homes, our cars, our appearance. Change is inevitable. It is only when we embrace change that we can pursue excellence in our calling. It’s the pain of change that helps us to focus on our priorities. Embracing change and following your passion will allow you to live out your destiny.
2. Fear of failure
Why is it that we can understand failure in others but not ourselves. Fear of failure is a deception that Satan uses to to keep us afraid to step out in faith to live out our calling to be in the center of God’s will. It took Thomas Edison 10,000 tries before he was successful at inventing the light bulb. When asked about it, he said he didn’t have 10,000 failures, but just 10,000 steps to the finished product. Fear of failure results in a life of devastation and defeat. Don’t fall for this deception.
3. False sense of security
There are various examples of this in the workforce today. Corporations have employees controlled into believing that their security is in their pay, vacation, healthcare or retirement. Although these are good benefits, if available, they should not be what we place our security in. Security for our eternal life and blessings while we are here should only be placed in Jesus Christ. But we have been given seeds of opportunity to live an abundant life on this earth. And that is up to you. General Douglas Macarthur once stated that “your security is in your ability to produce.” Your security is up to you.
Don’t fall for these deceptions. The Bible says in the second book of Timothy that we were not given a spirit of fear but of power love and a sound mind. The God’s Word version says we were given a spirit of power, love and good judgement.
Use the good judgement God has given you. You don’t have to be trapped. The gifts and callings of God were placed within you when He formed you in your mother’s womb. And those callings are irrevocable. They will not go away.
Find your calling and live your dreams. You can do it. If you desire to better your life and find your calling to pursue your passions, just email me.
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Rick – Which category of the one’s you mentioned today would this situation fit into? Let’s say that a person has gotten past most of the fear and false sense of security….but they have friends, family or associates that don’t share the same calling in life.
Instead they occasionally bring you down. They either don’t share in your excitement with you and they downright say negative things about your passions. How can one work around that?
By: americawideopen on June 25, 2007
at 7:49 pm
Great question. Unfortunately, all too often when we begin to step out into something that others just dont understand, the only thing they have to fall back on that makes them feel comfortable, is the negative. Letting others vent their advice may be fine for a while. I would listen to those you trust and those whom your relationship is not real deep to begin with, take their advice with a grain of salt. The most important question for you to ask yourself is, “is this what I’m called to do.”
If you can answer that with conviction and purpose, then you’re on the right track. Use what you know as your foundation to take the leap of faith to live out your dreams.
If you think about it, those that do not understand or share in your excitement are those that have never stepped out on a limb themselves. It’s like taking financial advice from a broke person or parenting advice from someone who has never had children.
You will only find your dreams when you walk in your calling and passion.
If they continue to not understand and criticize your purpose in life, my suggestion is to “shake the dust from your sandals” and move on.
By: freedomcoach on June 25, 2007
at 10:04 pm