“Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us”
2 Timothy 1:14
Everything in creation was designed to function on the simple
principle of receiving and releasing. Life depends on this principle.
What if the plants refused to release the oxygen they possess or if we
human beings refused to release the carbon dioxide we produce? The
result would be chaos and death for the entire planet. Unreleased
potential is not only useless, it is dangerous—both for the person or
thing who failed to release it and for everything that lives with them.
Dormant potential is not healthy, advantageous, safe or effective. You
must understand that your valuable deposit of potential was given to
enrich the lives of others. When potential is kept, it self-destructs.
The tremendous potential you and I have been given is locked
inside us, waiting for demands to be made on it. We have a responsibility
to use what God stored in us for the good of the world. We
dare not leave this planet with it. Many of us are aware of the ability
we have inside, but we have been frustrated by our failure to release
that ability. Some of us blame our historical circumstances. Others
blame social status. Still others transfer the responsibility for their
failure and frustration to their lack of formal education or their less
than ideal opportunities.
Over the years, I have come to realize that no excuse can be
given to justify the destruction of the seed of potential that God
placed within you. You can become the man or woman you were
born to be. You can accomplish the vision you saw. You can build
that business you planned. You can develop that school you imagine.
You are the only one who can stop you. No matter what your environment,
you have the ability to change your attitude and your internal
environment until they are conducive to the germination of your
potential seed. You must not add to the wealth of the graveyard. You
owe it to the next generation to live courageously so the treasure of
your potential is unleashed. The world needs what God deposited in
you for the benefit of your contemporaries
and all the generations
to follow.
Tap the untapped. Release the reservoir.
