Are you living up to your potential?
Dr. Roberto Miranda
SUMMARY: The Bible teaches that the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, increasing until the day is perfect. God has created us to be perpetually improving, learning from our failures, and using every experience as a stepping stone to personal greatness. Each human being carries within themselves the seed of greatness, the ability to do great things and scale unimaginable heights. When Christ enters our life through his Spirit, all the power of the Kingdom of God is activated and mobilized on our behalf. However, many believers live stagnant, mediocre lives, barely skimming the surface of their potential. We should banish the "I can't" attitude and substitute it with the inspiring statement of the Apostle Paul, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." With the power of God on our behalf, we can go far beyond our immediate limitations and transcend the drag of our past. We can stretch out onto a horizon full of possibilities, where the only limitation lies in our ability to believe God and persistently pursue our dreams until they come true.
One 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, increasing 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 continual descent, a perpetual going toward 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.
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.
