Potential is a wonderful thing. Knowing that there is the possibility of being more can be truly empowering and give you the strength needed to push on. Understanding that you have the capacity to achieve something bigger or become something greater can sometimes be all the inspiration you need to transform your life completely. There’s one problem with potential though. Potential can easily be wasted.
Promising start
To make use of potential you need to develop and grow. You can have all the possibility in the world but unless you change in some way, your potential means nothing. It’s an empty promise of what could have been. A missed opportunity. To really take advantage of the potential that you possess you have to live ready for the moment when you can start to use it.
Ready, steady!
“We don’t live according to our potential. We live according to our preparation” – Steven Furtick
There are times in life when you may feel as though you are hidden and your potential isn’t realised. These moments can be difficult because you wonder if you’re ever going to achieve the things that you believe you are capable of. In these seasons you may feel as though all you can do is wait, but you would be wrong. These unseen and potential stages are all about preparation. Getting your self ready for when the opportunity to fulfil all that God-given potential presents itself.
Dig deep
Look at it this way, inside a seed is all the promise of a new plant, fruit and life. Whether the seed is in a packet on the shelf or buried beneath the soil it still contains the same potential. The difference is that a seed that has been planted may be invisible but it is positioned and prepared for the next season. It’s ready to grow. It is in the right place and submitted to the right conditions to enable it to fulfil all that potential it has inside. The seed in the packet, however, will only ever be a seed.
Your potential is a gift and the promise inside of you is endless but unless you prepare and are ready to grow, your potential will only ever be potential. So instead of putting off your dreams until the opportunity arises, begin getting ready now. Live as though at any moment that door will open onto the next season of your life and be ready to grab your chance when it comes.