Untapped potential
Sometime
back I visited a friend and noticed he had quite an interesting table.
The table was made of wood but it had a glass top. The interesting bit
about the table that made it stand out was this; between the wood and
the glass top were small cubicles. Inside this square cubicles were all
manner of seeds. One cubicle had maize seeds; another had beans, peas
and so on. The clear glass then rested on top of these cubicles so that
you could see the seeds underneath. The table looked so good right there
in the centre of the living room. As I was thinking about that I
thought to myself what wasted potential. As long as the seeds stayed
there, they would not grow and multiply. The potential was there but the
environment was wrong. Yes they looked good and the table was quite a
masterpiece but the truth of the matter is, that is wasted potential.
Matthew 13:31-32
Here
is another illustration Jesus used: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a
mustard seed planted in a field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but it
becomes the largest of garden plants; it grows into a tree, and birds
come and make nests in its branches.”
The
table was a good representation of many of us today. We have so much
potential but we are comfortable to be confined in some place where
people will look at us and comment on how cute we look.
The
bible says that the mustard seed is the smallest of seeds but when
planted in a field it becomes the largest of garden plants. The
environment that the seed is planted in is of utmost importance. The
question is not the potential, that is already there. The seed comes
with full potential logged inside it and the right environments will
release that potential. You can have 2 mustard seeds and one is planted
in the field while the other is placed in a case looking all good and
healthy but in a few years the difference will be so great. The same
applies to you and I.
Where
are you planted? Are you in a glass casing where people come and
comment on how good you look while you have not yet even began tapping
into your potential, or are you planted in a field where you are growing
daily and being stretched to reach your potential?
Many
of us are afraid of being planted in a field because that will stretch
us. In reality when we are planted in a field, it means we will have to
die to self and allow God to bring out the life that is buried deep
within the seed that is us. Now that’s a lot of hard work and it comes
with pain and brokenness. Many of us are not ready to deal with that!
Instead we would rather remain polished and hide behind a glass casing.
Are
you in the right kind of environment? One that will release the
potential that is buried deep within you? If not, begin today to ask the
Lord to break you out of the glass casing and plant you in a field
where the gifting and strengths that God has planted within you can come
out to the surface allowing you to have an impact in this generation.
Psalm 92:12-14
But
the godly will flourish like palm trees and grow strong like the cedars
of Lebanon. For they are transplanted to the Lord’s own house, they
flourish in the courts of our God. Even in old age they will still
produce fruit; they will remain vital and green.
God has a plan for you and it is a plan for you to flourish and prosper that is why He placed all that potential within you.
PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Are you growing? If not ask God to plant you in the right field so that you can reach your full potential.
Regards,
Grace N Osoro
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