Our heritage is greatness
Dr. Roberto Miranda
SUMMARY: The biggest obstacle to fulfilling our potential is settling for mediocrity and lacking vision. However, as children of God, we are meant for greatness and personal fulfillment. The challenge is to recognize our true identity and live in expectation of God's blessings.
More than failure, the number one enemy of human potential is mediocrity of spirit, accommodation to circumstances, lack of vision; thinking that we are merely destined to walk on earth, when in reality God has made us to soar through the air, to be cosmonauts of the spirit. That essential lack of aspiration in us, combined with ignorance of the spiritual laws of success and self-improvement, constitute a deadly formula for the achievement of our dreams.
The great adventure of personal success begins when we realize that victory has already been declared over our lives. Our heritage is greatness. Our true identity as children of God is personal fulfillment, coming to live a full life full of meaning and positive influence.
The challenge for those of us who want to succeed in life is not so much about shedding an identity of failure and assuming a new identity — the identity of a fulfilled and successful person. Rather, it resides in making us aware of our true state as children of God, our current condition as blessed people, already walking under the positive sign of divine approval and support. As the psalmist declares in the beautiful 23rd Psalm, "Surely good and mercy will follow me all the days of my life." The children of God, shepherded through life by an almighty and paternal Shepherd, are persecuted for good, guarded by a cloud of blessing that generously follows them through life. Let's learn to live in that expectation of blessing. God has marked us for good, and his mercy will follow us every day of our lives.
The great adventure of personal success begins when we realize that victory has already been declared over our lives. Our heritage is greatness. Our true identity as children of God is personal fulfillment, coming to live a full life full of meaning and positive influence.
The challenge for those of us who want to succeed in life is not so much about shedding an identity of failure and assuming a new identity — the identity of a fulfilled and successful person. Rather, it resides in making us aware of our true state as children of God, our current condition as blessed people, already walking under the positive sign of divine approval and support. As the psalmist declares in the beautiful 23rd Psalm, "Surely good and mercy will follow me all the days of my life." The children of God, shepherded through life by an almighty and paternal Shepherd, are persecuted for good, guarded by a cloud of blessing that generously follows them through life. Let's learn to live in that expectation of blessing. God has marked us for good, and his mercy will follow us every day of our lives.
