I once heard the story of a man who had a dream where he saw himself climbing a ladder up a tall building. In his haste and excitement about the journey, he got to the top only to discover that the ladder had leaned on the wrong building. He was not mindful of the journey. He lived on autopilot. I learnt a valuable lesson.
Friend, life is not meant to be lived on autopilot (1 Timothy 4:15). If you don’t take charge of your daily decisions and practices, you may end up at the wrong destination. A lot of people are simply coasting through life. They wake up daily going through the motions of life without careful thought and consideration of their outcomes. We are supposed to live by design, not by default (Acts 26:19).
Living by default is living unintentionally. It is waking up with no plan or decision (Ecclesiastes 10:15). It is allowing life to happen to you rather than you happening to life. It is not being deliberate about what you want in life. It is living in assumption. Life by design is life as intended. It is being clear about your vision and definite about your goals (Habakkuk 2:1-4).
Some people just start business to be busy; no clear-cut plan, no measurable goals, no drive, etc. (Proverbs 12:27). They end up struggling or barely surviving. Some are on a job without being intentional about building a career. A job can give you a salary, but a career will give you a future. When you pick up a job, think of the career implication of that job (Daniel 6:3, 28).
The idea of greatness that some people have is the idea that life will be on autopilot (1 Corinthians 15:10). They assume that great people just wake up daily, and progress happens automatically. When you hang around great people, you would be shocked about how deliberate they are about the minutest details of their lives. This is what separates them from the rest (Proverbs 22:29).
Stop jumping here and there (1 Kings 20:40). Focus is simply an acronym for Following One Course Until Successful.
The problem with poor people is that they are always restarting. But the rich are always repeating. What about you? Are you always restarting or repeating (Genesis 26:12-14)? Do you keep moving from one thing to another, hoping for miracles, or do you maintain focus on your vision and conviction?
‘Demola Awoyele
Lead Pastor,
Destiny Impact Church
Akure, Nigeria