Monday, December 22, 2014

Putting Work Clothes On Your Dreams

Once upon a time, there was a happy little boy who went out into the field wearing blue jeans, sneakers, a baseball shirt, and a very cool baseball cap.  In one hand he had a baseball and in the other hand a baseball bat.  He had the look of absolute confidence.  He had just watched his favorite baseball players on TV and knew he could one day be one.  You just have to practice.

Cocking his bat, he tossed the ball into the air saying, “I’m the greatest batter in the world!”  The he swung and missed.  “Strike one,” he said.  He then picked up the ball, examined it carefully, and then threw it into the air again.  As the ball was coming down he said, “I’m the greatest batter in the world.!  Once again he missed.  “Strike two,” he said.  This time he knocked off any sand which may have been on his sneakers, examined his bat carefully, picked up the ball, adjusted his baseball cap, and tossed the ball into the air for the third time.  He cried out again even louder, “I’m the greatest batter in the world!  He swung with all his might but he missed it and struck out.  “Wow,” he shouted, “What a pitcher.  I’m the greatest pitcher in the world!”

Confidence can be a great thing for this new year.  Our attitude toward events, our frame of mind, our determination to put work clothes on our dreams is what will make this new year a great year.  We can talk about what we are going to do every day.  However, it is not until we stop talking about what we are going to do and begin doing it that anything meaningful is going to happen.  

The Apostle Paul didn’t just talk about doing things.  He put work clothes on his dreams and made them come true.  Here is his attitude toward attaining the victor’s crown as seen in Philippians 3:12, 14.  “I press on to take hold of that which Christ Jesus took hold of me.  Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it . . . but one thing I do:  forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”    In this new year, let’s begin by putting work clothes on our dreams and not just talking about them - but doing them.  


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