Are you living up to your potential?
Dr. Roberto MirandaOne of my favorite texts in the entire Bible is found in Proverbs 4:18. He declares: "But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which increases until the day is perfect." I like it because it perfectly captures that sense of deep positivity that permeates all of Scripture. For the children of God, life must be a path of continuous descent , a perpetual going towards ever higher levels of maturity and personal development. God has created us to be perpetually surmountable, to be better, stronger, wiser, more intelligent and educated, more cunning to live life every day. God's purpose is that we learn even from our failures, that we profit from the perpetual struggle with our shortcomings, that we use every experience, good or bad, as a stepping stone to personal greatness.
God, says the Bible, has made us "a little less than the angels." This mysterious expression alludes to the innate potential that each human being carries within himself. In every human spirit is the seed of greatness, the ability to do great things, to scale unimaginable heights. God's seal, divine genetics, is written within us.