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so many people had an emotional reaction
and a lot of questions to the dynamic of
perhaps perhaps you are called to do
something that has never been done
before never been seen before never been
heard before and so I felt like I needed
to practically outwork some of that for
you and one of my favorite scriptures to
kind of practically out work this is
Ecclesiastes 9 verse 10 it says whatever
turns up grab it and do it and heartily
this is your last and only chance at it
for there’s neither work to do nor
thoughts to think in the company of the
Dead for you most certainly our head is
not as kind of depressing but here’s
here’s what I think he’s trying to do
he’s punctuating that you don’t want to
have missed opportunities whatever turns
up grab ahold of it do it and do it with
all your heart don’t think no I’m sorry
I’m not doing it until they put me on
the pulpit to preach or I’m not doing
until I get the corner office or I’m not
doing it until I can do it perfectly
nobody starts with perfectly nobody
starts with influential they start with
serving in secret another version the
NIV of the same verse says whatever your
hands find to do do it with all your
minds not half-heartedly not with some
of your might do it with all of your
might you need to have passion where you
are not just passion for your future but
passion for where you are because you
are working as unto God you’re not
working as unto man you’re not working
for your employer not working for a
paycheck you’re not working this job to
get to another place you are working to
glorify God and whatever situation
you’re in I remember that
John and I would we actually worked
together at a ministry and I was in the
TV department and he was in the
executive department and I did not have
enough work to do and so what I did is I
did what I was supposed to do then I did
whatever my hands could find to do I
would get really bored if I didn’t have
enough time to do and do you know that
by the time I left that position I
created such a massive position that I
learned so much I got promoted from
being kind of just that person that was
doing transcribing of services to an
Associate Producer make yourself
indispensable wherever you’re at do it
with all your heart because when you do
what you can do God does what only he
can do which is open doors no man can
shut shut doors that should never have
been open and put you in a place that is
going to astound you God is doing a new
thing but that new thing requires old
face on this
I hope this encourages you I hope this
gets you in a place where you understand
that life without rival begins with
elements that are without measure faith
hope love vision strength do these
things and Gotha love sound you on the
other side