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Daily Encounter: A Week-day Devotional by a staff of ACTS International. |
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Try and Try Again
“Don’t worry about the wicked or envy those who do wrong.
For like grass, they soon fade away. Like spring flowers, they soon wither.
Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and
prosper. Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires.”1 We can find numerous stories in history of people who were
gifted but whose talents were overlooked or devalued by many. The
discouragement at the time was great, but with their perseverance, they reached
great heights. Here are just a few examples: “Einstein was four years old before he could speak and seven
before he could read". Einstein became one of the greatest physicists who
ever lived. "Isaac Newton did poorly in grade school." Newton,
like Einstein was one of the smartest people of his day as a scientist. "A newspaper fired Walt Disney because he had "no good
ideas". Listen to the rest of the story about Mr. Disney. "It is
reported that Walt Disney was not only a remarkable man but also a remarkably
happy man. Somewhere recently there was a story about his early years. When he
started out in Kansas City, he couldn’t sell his cartoons. Some hinted that he
had no talent. Disney had a dream, so he set out to conquer his foes. He found
a minister who paid him a small amount to draw advertising pictures for his
church. Disney had no place to stay, so the church let him sleep in the
mouse-infested garage. One of those mice, which Disney nicknamed Mickey, became
famous---as the world knows. How satisfying life must have been for Disney when
he remembered the hard struggle from lean years spent in a church garage." "Leo Tolstoy flunked out of college." It was later on
that he wrote the literature classic that we know as "War and Peace". "Werner von Braun failed ninth grade algebra." Later
in life he became a rocket engineer.2 Our failures do not define who we are. God has given us all
talents and he knows the desires of our hearts. When we are faithful in
developing those gifts and persevere even when we fail, God can use us to do
great things. The key is to never stop trying. Suggested prayer: Dear God, thank you for the talents you have
given me. Give me wisdom to know how to best develop them, and discernment to
know how to best serve you and others with those gifts. Thank you for hearing
and answering my prayer. In Jesus’ name, amen. Psalm
37:1-4 (NLT). Today’s Encounter was written by: Crystal B. |
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