Doing it in deficit

I’m sitting here watching a little piece of motivation by Viola Davis, she describes an incident in her life where there was a boy who constantly used to bully her until she told herself that it was enough. She wanted to race the boy, but the boy was the best. Over and above that, she had no fitting shoes, all her shoes were too small for the race. She narrates that she decided to take off the shoes and race the boy barefoot, and she won the race.

Two things stand out here for me, respect and never letting lack stop you from running the race. I was inspired by the short speech. After all, often we do not do anything because we lack something. We put up excuses such as, I do not have enough money to start a business, I am not qualified to apply for a job, I am not old enough to buy a car… this is our reality, and these are our excuses. What if you have enough? What if the little you have is exactly what you need at that moment?

One thing for sure is life can never be perfect. The Instagram pictures, the life we see other people living – we do not know their full stories. What I’m saying is, start with what is in your hands. Stop procrastination and stop belittling yourself. Apply. If you get it, you will. If you don’t then it was practice for what’s bigger. There is no comparison in life, each one of us runs our race at our own pace.

The same excellence that would be expected of you if you had everything that is needed, show up with it with the deficit that you have. Use whatever is in your hand to produce whatever quality work you are supposed to. Nobody cares about the process, the world celebrates the victory (which is bad I know) but for you and me, the process is what makes us. The process is what builds any man into whatever highest potential he can be.

Throughout the Bible, there are multiple stories in which God demonstrates that we can do whatever with whatever is in our hands. An example is in Exodus when He spoke to Moses and asked him what is in his hand. Moses’ response was a staff. He threw the staff on the ground, and it turned into a snake as per God’s instructions. This was so that he should show the people that he is of God and is sent by God. It is only faith that can help us achieve whatever we want not the insufficiency that we often see in ourselves. Faith in God and faith that He that is in us is greater than that he that is in the world, and we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.

Then the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied. – Exodus 4:2

I know it is scary, I know it seems impossible but just start with what is in your hand…

Love xxx

Nthabzz