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Finish The Game
dymond phillips • Oct 12, 2020
You can't win on the bench!
We are already 12 days into the last quarter of the year, can you believe that? It’s crazy to think that 2020 will be over very very soon. I’ve already started seeing people talk about how 2020 is canceled, and they’ll try again next year. Don’t let that be you. Yesterday, the Lakers won game six and became the 2020 champions for the first time in 10 years. After losing game five, the Lakers could have gone into the new game defeated, but they didn’t. You cannot let the failures and trials stop you from finishing the game. You have to get that spark and drive you had in the first quarter back, this season. The Lakers were able to come back and win game six, because they were determined. To be determined means, "having made a firm decision and being resolved not to change it.'' You have to be set on going for your goals and dreams, no matter what life throws at you.
I completely understand why you may feel low and drained, 2020 has been a roller coaster. From the pandemic, to the civil war, to everything in between, it has been tough. That doesn't mean you can just throw in the towel and say I’ll try again next year. Right now, is the time to really go for what it is that you want, because who knows what next year will bring. Next year might be a roller coaster to. Then what, you put it off another year? NO! Stop quitting when it gets hard. Achieving goals never happens in a linear way.. People expect to start a business in January and become millionaires by March, but that is not how that happens. Maybe you’ve quit your job to focus on your business, but your business is not bringing in the revenue right now to fund itself. You may need to get another job until the time is right. Sometimes in order to live your dreams, your reality has to fund your dreams, until your dreams can fund your reality. Don’t put your life off. It takes a while to figure things out. When things get tough or you make the wrong decision, you have to keep going. Every failure is step to success. If you’re not failing, that means you’re not doing anything. Let go of fear. When you let go of fear, good things happen.
There’s some people who just are not hungry enough for the blessings. It could be right in front of them, and they never know. Stop over looking the blessings that God is trying to give you, because you don’t want to do the work, or because you’re scared of failing. Yeah times get hard, but you don’t know how close you are to your breakthrough, if you quit. God is calling you to get off the bench, but you're denying the call. Accept the call, because it's so much in store if you do. You can't have a testimony if you don't go thru a test.
There’s nothing I can say to make things easier for you, because life is not easy. No matter what you do, it’s time to get up and get started. Get off the bench, and get back in the game. You can’t win from the sideline. If you keep letting every no or closed door stop you, you will never know what it feels like to walk into a yes. You can't walk into your purpose and blessings, if you don't get off the bench.
