What is your excuse?

Because we are meant to live for so much more, what is your excuse? Think about your life. Are you playing to your strengths? Are you utilizing the talents that you were born with? Even Christ asked God "if this cup should pass from me?" we can't leave that statement hanging, "not my will but your will be done!" Christ was born for a purpose. The difference is that He knew His purpose. A hammer will not meet its potential until it is used as a hammer. Christ did not meet His full potential until He rose again. Look at he comparison. A hammer was designed as a hammer. The creator made it what it is. As it sits in the tool box it is still a hammer. As it is held and swung, it is a hammer. When it taps a nail, destroys another object, pulls out nails and many other uses it is still a hammer. It does not reach is full potential until it has driven a nail through something or into something. Christ grew in miracle after miracle. He knew who he was even when His mother asked Him to turn water into wine before His time. Before He died He hadn't reached His potential. In His death He didn't reach His full potential. Now do you understand that you were created with a purpose. Do you see how you have reached your full potential. Do you know where your full potential is? Why do we settle for mediocrity? What do we waste time enjoying just a taste of our purpose without the main course of our full potential? We may feel trapped in our career. We feel that we cannot reach it until we get our children out on their own. Our location may be limiting to us. Our income might be a factor. Who we know or don't know. Our education, the timing, the details or choices. Again, what is your excuse. A hammer will always be a hammer, even in a fire, under water, buried in the dirt or lost. Just because it is not where it should be doesn't change the fact that it is a hammer. The usefulness is still with the hammer even if its owner has lost it. It will always be a hammer. Go be who you were meant to be. Use your usefulness.