Here is what I have discovered about life. You can only do one thing exceptionally well. People who succeed have an uncanny ability to drill down into their lives and find the "one thing" that will bring them home the "gold".
Most of us have too many irons in the fire. We have too many competing interests. We do too much in too many areas. Successful people bang on only one drum. They bang on it and bang on it and bang on it. They get better, and better and better until they are the best. They will not be deterred or deflected. Nothing gets in the way of the person who has decided that they will give their life entirely for the attainment or achievement of that "one thing".
They do not blame external forces for their failure neither do they give credit to external forces for their sucess.(i.e.luck)"One thing" people are disciplined to the 1/100Th of a second. Every action counts.Every thought is controlled.
Their environment is irrelevant.Their focus comes from a force within a purpose that originates with the Divine Architect. They have a mission and they will achieve that mission at all costs.
To my mind, Jesus The Christ is the great example of a "one thing" kind of guy. His focus, mission and goal was to provide a way for you and I to have an unobstructed, relationship with God our Father. The political machine of his day, the religious system of his day, his own very team (of disciples)and their blunders could not stop Jesus on his mission of sacrificing himself for us so that we would not need to be sacrificed. He made it. He got the 'gold". He stood on the podium of history, on a cross in the centre spot. He died. We get to live.
God has an intention for your life as well. God has a purpose for placing you in the sphere of influence that you are in. He has a mission for you. It is worthy of your life, your effort, your focus. It is worthy of stripping yourself from all unnecessary causes to pursue the "one thing" that will make you spiritually,emotionally and physically successful. You can read about it in bible in the book of Philippians Chapter 3...check out the 13Th verse on the "one thing".
So now it is time to do the inventory. What are the competing interests or loves in your life? What would you be willing to give up....to go up!
