What good is it to shrink back my enthusiasm?
What good is it to hold back my passion and zeal?
What good is it to withhold from others my thoughts and ideas?
What good is it to refrain from sharing my experiences?
What is the point of doing anything if I am going to withhold my full potential?
What is the purpose of doing anything if I am going to put less than my all?
What reason is there to restrain myself from doing everything with 100%?
Why try if I have decided not to give my all?
Why attempt if I have decided I can’t succeed?
Why start if I have decided I cannot finish?
Not trying to offend people, is that really a good reason in shrinking back?
Not wanting to make others feel inferior, so you decided to holdback your natural ability to excel in an area- is that really a good reason to hold back?
Wanting to be humble and restrain from pride, so you let people win, you don’t finish off strong and you sabotage yourself for the sake of the other person- are those really good reasons to restrain yourself and put in less than 100%?
Who are you fooling? That is not humility that is stupidity. Instead of sabotaging yourself, how about you excel and be great, and then help others to excel and be great. There is no shame in excelling more than others or being great. Rejoice and embrace the God given ability to excel and be great. Help others to excel and be great. You are doing more harm to yourself and to the people around you when you are shrinking back, holdback and restraining yourself and gifting. You are not living to the fullness God has for you and people are not benefiting from the beauty and greatness of your life, which hinders them from excelling and being great themselves. These actions of shrinking back, holding back, and restraining are selfish. You are only worried about yourself, “what others might think when they see you are excelling”, “can everyone see that I am humble? Look there is no pride in me, I shrink myself low so others and rise”. Nonsense. You be great and bring others with you.
Excellence and greatness are sometimes seen as a lonely road. It doesn’t have to be. Take someone along with you on the road to excellence and greatness. It is not about you, it is about what’s in you coming out to live and impacting the world for the glory of the One who made you.
Live and let your light shine
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