it does not always present itself
as procrastination. Many times,
procrastination presents itself
as perfection. You are tirelessly
attempting to perfect one thing for
so long that you lose sight of your
intended purpose and ultimately your
potential.
2. Be Determined. The only way to be
determined is to be intentional. You
must know what you’re targeting in
order to attain your goal.
3. Trust Your Gut Feelings. Many
voices tend to compete for our
attention, but the voices that seem
to echo the loudest are the voices of
can’t and how—How are you going
to do this? How do you know that
you can do it? Still, you maintain a
feeling inside that you must achieve
the goal that continues to nag at
your gut. You can never experience
a win without having something in
the game, whether it’s walking on
50 Solutions
water, sitting in the fiery furnace, or
building an arc among those who
are laughing. It’s the gut feeling that
becomes vital to turning the potential
into a reality. The worst strategy is to
start building the arc after it’s already
raining, or entering the fiery furnace
when the fire has already been
extinguished. Having the need to
have a sure thing all the time is one
of the greatest problems for believers.
4. Believe. Faith is the substance of
things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen (see Hebrews 1:11).
This Scripture challenges me because
it says evidence of things not seen.
To an analytical brain, how do you
go into a courtroom and present
evidence that you can’t see? So,
faith is outside of the realm of the
finite. It is infinite wisdom about
finite things that require you to trust
your gut feeling. Then you’re able
to be determined, and because