To Be Worthy

Today I was thinking about each person's worth and plans for their lives that are around me. It's still amazing to this day that no matter how old a person gets or how many opportunities come their way, they can still find a reason why they can't do something. I remember a long time ago, my good friend Francis told me that he'd rather have a person give 110% effort than a person who had 110% of the potential. So when you think about your worth how do you measure it? Is it by your potential? To me, potential is like having a brand new car with all the packages but not the keys. So today lets see how do we make use of ourselves.


“Sometimes the hardest part of the journey is believing you're worthy of the trip.” 
― Glenn Beck, The Christmas Sweater
“It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.” 
― Abraham Lincoln

In 2 Corinthians 12:10, it talks about how even in our weakest moments we are strong. Sounds crazy right? I mean how can we be strong in our weakest moments?
We can because of God himself made you and he loves you. Too simple of an answer? I will put it together for you. Take a baby for instance. They are helpless and completely dependent on their parents, but with the love of their parents they move forward and grow into beautiful people. A couple of fun facts about these same babies:

1. Babies naturally hold their breath under water and at the same time their heart rates slow down, helping to conserve oxygen, and blood circulates through the most vital organs.
2. Babies gain knowledge at a staggering rate. By 3 their brain forms 1,000 trillion connections.
3. Babies beyond cute. (no jokes please. Trust me. I have them too.) They are so fragile and codependent that they were created to be cute to the point of having the inate sense to help them.

Amazing right? Not so helpless now are they? But the point to be made here is that there is always strength where there is weakness and vice versa. With God in our lives, there isn't  anything that can't be achieved. We have it in us and He is there for us. Now lets take that knowledge and look at potential. Potential in so many words is basically stored energy. Potential, like energy, is nothing until it is used. Imagine a plug in your house. There's energy there but until its given a use, like for a lamp to light the house, it does nothing. How are you using your inner energy?

“It is true that God may have called you to be exactly where you are. But, it is absolutely vital to grasp that he didn’t call you there so you could settle in and live your life in comfort and superficial peace.”
― Francis Chan, Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit

We've discussed ability. Now lets discuss worth and work. Like faith, potential is nothing without work. Your worth is easiest seen through your works, not to say that you do not have worth if you don't have work to show. So we need to look like our potential. Not just have it. Be productive and make use of yourself. My best quote that I tell people at work and friends is that "No one can teach you how to be you." So go be the best you possible.

...I don't have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine.”
― Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

“Christians today like to play it safe. We want to put ourselves in situations where we are safe 'even if there is no God.' But if we truly desire to please God, we cannot live that way.”
― Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

Now lets put it together with God in mind. He made us with the capability to love and be fulfilled through Him, but we constantly show it as only wasted potential. We all want the most out of life. What better way to get the most out of it than through God? To all my down and outs out there, know that we are somebody. We are loved and we are important. GO OUT AND BE THE BEST YOU.