Rise up; this matter is in your hands… take courage and do it.Ezra 10:4 NIV
By 1954, all the leading medical journals said that the four-minute-mile was not humanly possible. Doctors warned athletes of the dire consequences of attempting it. Coaches encouraged their runners to do their best – but to forget about achieving it.
Yet, that same year, Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute mile! Forty years later, Eamonn Coghlan of Ireland did it too – at age 41. Not long after that, Kip Keino of Ethiopia, almost did it – at age 55. Who says it can’t be done?
Dr. Gerry Lynch says, “When you believe you can, you activate motivation, commitment, confidence, concentration and excitement… all of which relate directly to achievement. In reality, whether you think you can or you can’t – you’re right!” (Proverbs 4:23).
Does that mean it’s easy? No! The path to personal achievement is up-hill all the way. Furthermore, if you don’t learn to see failure as an acceptable part of success, you won’t even get out of the starting gate.
Whether it’s athletics, academics, business, ministry, sales or anything else, keep this in mind – aeroplanes and kites rise faster when they fly into the wind!
You only grow stronger physically, mentally and spiritually when resistance and opposition test you. That’s why the Bible says, “Blessed is the man that endureth… for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown” (James 1:12).
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