Several of my pastor’s recent sermons have been on execution. (www.sanechurch.org) Basically, it boiled down to thee key points:
1. Sometimes we know, we just know, we are meant for greatness. We’ve known it all our lives. Average just isn’t for us. My thought: That’s me. Could never tell me otherwise.
2. Write a plan how to achieve your destined greatness. My thought: Did that years ago.
I, my darlings, am a professional at starting something and not fully completing it. Whether it’s unpacking my new apartment, attending my book club meetings or writing regularly on my blog; I hardly ever fully execute something. I mean, I would find every excuse in the book. I am tired. I didn’t have enough time in the day. I can’t work on X right now cause I need to get to Z. Then I started thinking, (well actually my pastor brought these to my attention) what am I tired from? I haven’t finished anything to day. I’ll rest when I have a reason to do so. How could I say there isn’t enough time in the day? God gave us 24 hours in a day, 1440 minutes. How could I not execute at least 1 thing in that time frame? Heck at the beginning of the bible he finished something EVERYDAY and then rested. And finally, I have no business starting something new when I haven’t completed the first thing. That is like jumping to the tenth chapter in the book and wondering why you’re confused. Chapter’s 1-9 were the preparation for understanding 10.
So folks my focus has been on execution. Setting a goal, and completely and correctly executing each step toward that goal. And thus far it has worked pretty darn well. But I have to credit my boyfriend for some of it. Each day we make sure the other has finished something, anything. Hey if your goal is to be great, you make sure you surround yourself with great people.
And as of this moment I am officially adding my blog to my weekly execution list. In other words, no more BS excuse for not writing and making entries.