Solutions December 2017 | Page 50

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