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The Lord expects us to make progress and advance in life; “but godliness with contentment is great gain”. There is therefore the need to understand how to make progress without fretting.
[Philippians 3:13-15 KJV] “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do , forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, [14] I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. [15] Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you”.
Focus on where you want to go, but don’t forget where you used to be. Sometimes, we are so focused on the greener pastures on the other side that we tend to ignore the budding grass all around us. It is so easy to wish that you were where I am, but that is because you do not have the full details of my story. I believe that the easiest way to advance without stress is to focus on where we want to go but not forget where we are coming from.
Do not focus so much on where you are aspiring for until you lose focus of where you are now. Where you are may not be the best; but it may be the best stepping stone to get you to the next place where God is taking you.
I pray that you will not lose hope but will press on and forge forward untill you make it to the end. The best is yet to come and your now is still better than what it could have been. Be blessed!
I love you
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