08/04/2024
Keep Moving Forward!
Lou Holtz, legendary college football coach, once said, “I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.” I agree wholeheartedly with Coach Holtz. You were put on this earth not to be ordinary but to be extraordinary!
Proverbs 4:23 states, “Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.”
Remember, you were put on this earth to be extraordinary, so I want to challenge you to guard your heart. Your heart is the totality of your mind, will, emotions, and expectations. In the Scriptures, your heart represents the depth of your gut or inner bowels. Sounds gross, doesn’t it?
In life, there will be moments when you are so disappointed that your gut actually aches. These moments of deep pain happen when you realize the depth of your mistakes or when someone hurts you to your core.
These moments happen with disappointment and when you come up short on a goal you have been pursuing. It is critical that you don’t allow these moments to define you and keep you down. In other words, when these gut-wrenching moments take place, do everything you can to not become embittered by them. Remember, your heart is the wellspring of your life. If it gets polluted, then your life will get bogged down. If you get bogged down, then you will fear moving forward. If you fear moving forward, you will never become the man you were created to be. So, if you want to be more than ordinary, begin and continue by guarding your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. Lou Holtz, legendary college football coach, once said, “I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.” I agree wholeheartedly with Coach Holtz. You were put on this earth not to be ordinary but to be extraordinary.
Proverbs 4:23 states, “Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.” Remember, you were put on this earth to be extraordinary, so I want to challenge you to guard your heart. Your heart is the totality of your mind, will, emotions, and expectations. In the Scriptures, your heart represents the depth of your gut or inner bowels. Sounds gross, doesn’t it?
In life, there will be moments when you are so disappointed that your gut actually aches. These moments of deep pain happen when you realize the depth of your mistakes or when someone hurts you to your core.
These moments happen with disappointment and when you come up short on a goal you have been pursuing. It is critical that you don’t allow these moments to define you and keep you down. In other words, when these gut-wrenching moments take place, do everything you can to not become embittered by them. Remember, your heart is the wellspring of your life. If it gets polluted, then your life will get bogged down. If you get bogged down, then you will fear moving forward. If you fear moving forward, you will never become the man you were created to be. So, if you want to be more than ordinary, begin and continue by guarding your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.