I just finished listening to a great sermon by Erwin McManus at Mosaic Church in Los Angeles. He’s doing a series on being all you are supposed to be and this one was about releasing your potential. God has a plan for each of us; even the most average of people can do spectacular things by following His lead. Erwin says you must do these four things to live up to your full potential:
1. Work hard – There is no getting around it, and this is what distinguishes most high achievers from the average guy.
2. Work hard at what is easy – Find your gifts. I can work as hard as I want at being a singer and I’ll never have great success. If I find the things I’ve been wired for, those things that I am intended to pursue, then it will be easy for me to work hard at it.
3. Work hard until it is easy – We all have gifts but we still need to hone our skills. We must work each day to get better and better.
4. Work hard at what is important – Pursuing the trivial even to the highest level is still trivial.
