“He’s old and he needs to
get out of the way and sit down!” That’s what an employee said about the guy
she was supposed to be training for a new job.
What she didn’t know was that he owned the business and she
was on the Undercover Boss TV show. It
was funny because he was disguised as an older man and he was messing up pretty
bad!
The show got me to thinking
about late bloomers. A late bloomer is
a person who doesn’t develop their strengths as early as some of their peers. Their
talents or abilities are not visible to others until later than usual.
One of the passions of my heart can be
heard in a trumpet call to those who “are not finished yet”; those who still
have a lot of unfulfilled potential.
It is never too late bloom and you’re never too old to blossom into something beautiful to behold.
I was thinking about the
word “potential”. We all have it but most of us only tap into the surface of what
we could do or become. We allow our circumstances to dictate to us or allow
other people’s perception to tell us who we are. We don’t push past the
barriers beyond “what is” to “what could be.” That sense of what “could be” is a yearning and a knowing that there is more in you than anybody knows.
We should listen to the
desires and callings within us. That is
potential talking. When we learn to
listen to it, we begin to follow our destiny.
Why don’t we listen to it? Why
isn’t our potential manifesting? Consider
these four ideas:
POTENTIAL –
an ability that someone has that can
be developed to help that person become successful.
- We do not recognize that we actually have God given potential.
- (All things are possible to him that believes Mk 9:23)
SELF-IMAGE
– the way you think about yourself and
your abilities or mental representation of oneself.
- We have a faulty self-image because we do not see ourselves as God sees us
- (God called Gideon a mighty man of valor but his self-image was not aligned with God’s image of him Judges 6:12)
VISION – something that you imagine: a picture that
you see in your mind; an act
of looking forward.
- We can’t see where we are going in the future.
- (Expect God’s plans to be manifested in our lives - Jeremiah 29:11)
MOTIVATION – the condition of being eager to act or
work.
- We are afraid to take a risk or are too comfortable to do the required work.
- (Nehemiah was not daunted by opposition or the work because he had purpose Nehemiah 2:18; 4:6)
Some of the most satisfying
things that I have done in life have been “late”. I’m still enjoying the journey and I’m eager
to see what’s coming next. Whose timetable are you on? It’s never too late to
bloom.
