Potential
Your potential is not about being driven by ambition or success; it is about recognizing who you are in God.
As you seek him and live your life according to His purposes, you will bear much fruit. The more you begin to fulfill your God-given potential, the more he entrusts to you. He wants you to live a life of abundance (v.12).
When things go well it is tempting to say, ‘Nothing will ever shake me... No one will ever do me harm’ (Psalm 10, v.6). We can be tempted to feel that we have no need of God: ‘In his pride, the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God’ (v.4). It’s easy to become arrogant (v.2) and boastful (v.3). This psalm warns us against doing so and reminds us of our need for God.
Lord, keep me from pride, arrogance, and self-importance. May I seek you with all my heart, remembering that I need you and that you never forget me.
How to fulfill your potential:
Be humble
Pursue intimacy with God
Put down roots
Protect your heart
Purify yourself
Rick Warren says, ‘In ministry, private purity is the source of public power.’ This is true for all of us, whether we are operating in the family, the workplace, the community, or the church. If we want to have a powerful impact for Christ in the world, we need to be people of purity.
