Reaching My Full Potential - Athena Morrison

On a recent unusually warm Friday, I had the opportunity to test my continued spiritual growth. I was challenged with a financial situation I was absolutely sure was not my liability. I Failed! As I struggled to come to terms with the unprofessional way in which I handled the situation, I realized my spiritual growth was not where it should be. You see, we must rise to the challenges that life throws our way and that comes with spiritual growth which will then allow us to reach our full potential. I had given in to the fleshly, human flaw of allowing a previous conversation to control

and guide my emotions. I thank God daily for being the most Amazing and forgiving Father He is. There are times when I forget the path to reaching my full potential, as He wants for all of his children, is to stay in constant communication with Him. We all need to be inspired to reach our full potential of what God has called us to be. Inspiration comes by spending time in the word. The bible has the perfect scriptures to inspire and motivate. In 1 Timothy 4:14 it says:” Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.” KJV What gifts do we have that we are not using to our full potential? Are we aware of our gifts? James 1:17 states “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” KJV We are being tested daily and adding the inability to go about our daily routine due to the pandemic makes these times much more challenging. This is the perfect opportunity to spend time in the word and communicating with God. We will never be able to reach our full potential without His help. God has created us with certain talents and gifts that we have to use in order to reach our full potential and if we don’t remain in communion with Him we will always fall short of those gifts We can reach our full potential by accepting and using the gifts given to us by God, our Father but getting there means we have to access the Holy Spirit within us and allowing it to grow by spending time in the word. Our Father knows the limits of our potential, we can never understand the wonderful things that He has in store for us and believe He will not test us beyond our knowledge. Trusting His plan and timing will prepare us for all the wonderful things He offers when we accept the gifts and talents. Knowing I failed at showing my spiritual growth is the perfect opportunity to learn from this and know by spending time in the word, is a lesson well learned. Still Walking in His Abundant Grace with the Newness of Spring.