Giving the Very Best

“I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know.” – Colonel Sanders, founder of KFC


What is keeping you from being your best? What is keeping you from accomplishing the things that you dream of accomplishing? What is it that pulls you down on the average day from what you feel you really could or should be accomplishing?

The Colonel had his shares of challenges. At the tender age of six his father died and his mother had to work full-time to provide for his family. The Colonel was entrusted with helping care for his younger siblings at this very early age. He dropped out of school in the seventh grade and began working a variety of different jobs in his early teens. But the one thing the Colonel loved to do was to cook and he began offering food to the various travelers that would frequent the gas-station that he was working at and this is how his food career began.

But through these various challenges the Colonel determined that he was going to amount to something. And he wasn’t going to let a little hard work, labor, or money make the determination for him of what he could and would accomplish.

What happens during your average day that prevents you from accomplishing and doing all that you could or should? What is it that detracts you from your purpose? What is it that clouds the vision of what you could be? What is it that is preventing you from becoming what you were called to become?

Today is a day that you will not get back…once it is gone it is gone…so don’t let anything or anyone steal away all that the day can be.

Enjoy it…be blessed in it…use it…and have dominion over it. It is your day!!

Psalm 118:24 – “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”

Have a blessed one,

RodZ

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