Dr. Anita McLaughlin -- A M Ministries, Inc.

If it was easy, everyone would be doing it.

Think it not strange regarding the fiery trials which have come against you.  Do you remember the song by Earth, Wind and Fire, called Devotion, its opens by saying, "anything you want to do in life takes devotion".  Truth is truth, no matter who says it.  The Word says we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but principalities and powers-- and that is true.  It seems just as we are about to take a step, something comes (or tries) to come to knock us off balance, push us out of our place, divert our focus, so.... if you want to accomplish something in life.... You must devote yourself to it. 

Make a commitment to success-- someone told me something a few days ago which apparently was a revelation to them, "this is hard work!"  Anything you do that is designed to take you from one point to another, will be hard work.  Nature teaches us that only the fittest survive, Business says those who will persevere and grow will overcome.  My Dad taught me that "Success is the place where preparation and opportunity meet.  The Word says "you will reap in due season if you faint not".   Now there in lies the rub... and this is where many lose out of the opportunity they have worked so hard to reach.  You can't give up, you must remove those words from your vocabulary.  Until you reach that place when your preparation and your opportunity meet, you can't give up.  Sometimes it only takes one more try, if you stop short you will never know if the next thing you do, the next person meet, the next try you make will be the one that places you squarely in front of your opportunity.

Know that God is working on your behalf, He will do what he promised, the word says that Your "gift" will make room for you, and bring you before great men, and that God can not lie, (nor does he repent) it is going to happen, just "Keep Moving Forward".

Moving forward doesn't mean going a thousand miles per hour, every hour of every day.  It does mean, don't stop. One step is moving you forward, one phone call, one visit, one question, one class, one more event may be the one more thing you need before you find what you have been praying about.  So before you call it a day, quit, give up, stop... realize that anything you want to do in life requires DEVOTION!

You will make it because you can!