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Potential, Use Yours

Guest post by: Duane Hatfield

Article Overview: Potential is what we are capable to become. It contains no tangible asset to hold to or to be made creditable. The possibility of worth doesn’t exist until our energies are applied and the process is set in motion.

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Potential, Use Yours

Potential is what we are capable to become. It contains no tangible asset to hold to or to be made creditable. The possibility of worth doesn’t exist until our energies are applied and the process is set in motion. The possession of ability is good but the determination to achieve is required to become.

Everyone has potential of some sort but it isn’t always for good. Most people think of it as being a positive thing but often, wrong can come of it. Any possibility is potential and those in bad situations have the ability to become worse as well as improving. We all have the potential to achieve great things but having it will accomplish nothing. Each of us must have the drive to make it an actual condition. Electricity uses this property as the basis to function and the movement of it, called current, causes it to work for us. The potential is there but until a difference between the locations where it is and where it is going is realized, it won’t flow.

We normally take pride when we are told we have it, potential. Our egos get bigger and we raise our heads to think someone sees greatness in us. We need to remember they don’t see greatness they only see the potential for it. It is like any other trait we have, it will not accomplish anything in itself. We must put the force behind it and cause it to become a reality. There is no value in unused potential only in that which is becoming or has become a part of our person.

I have a quote on my desk by John C. Maxwell “God's gift to me is my potential. My gift back to God is what I do with that potential.” This helps me remember that no matter what gifts or talents I have been given, I must put them into action. God gives us what He wants us to have to achieve and serve Him, but we must do the work for them to grow and prosper. He gives the ability; we must give the effort so it will be seen. As the Bible states in Philippians 2:12 “… work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” Jesus saves us and places salvation within us but we are to work it to the outside so others can see Him manifest in our lives. This is how we must accomplish our potential in any area of life. What we have in us only makes a difference when it is used.

The knowledge of our potential is profitable to guide us in the right direction but we must follow and implement it. It will never be fulfilled until we use the resources available to nurture its maturity. Strive to direct your actions toward your potential; the rewards will prove the greatness.

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