If you\u2019re wise, you\u2019ll do four things: <\/p>\n
(1) Focus on the road ahead.<\/i> By looking in the rear-view mirror instead of what\u2019s up ahead, you\u2019ll end up in a ditch. Focus on the fact you\u2019ve survived the past, and learned from your experience. God kept you around for a reason; find it and pour your life into it. <\/p>\n
(2) Stop looking for easy answers.<\/i> Visit any bookshop and you\u2019ll find shelves lined with titles promising ten easy steps to financial achievement, five trouble-free keys to success, or twelve simple strategies for health, wealth, and fulfilment in life. Sorry, it doesn\u2019t work that way. Life is hard, and deep inside we know all those simplistic approaches don\u2019t work. But the fact your life is difficult doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re on the wrong path. As the old country preacher said, \u2018If you don\u2019t come face to face with the devil sometimes, you must be going in the same direction he is.\u2019 <\/p>\n
(3) Stay on your path\u2014not everybody will go with you.<\/i> Some of your closest friends will never change, and they don\u2019t like those who do. Your decision to change doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019ll do the same. Nevertheless, you must be committed to growing, expanding your knowledge and experience, and moving to the next level in life. <\/p>\n
(4) Believe in your abilities\u2014God does!<\/i> When someone tells you you\u2019ll never amount to anything, smile and keep going. God alone knows your potential because of the gifts He\u2019s given you. If you\u2019re willing to trust Him and work hard, He\u2019ll help you to fulfil your calling. In the final analysis, godly fruit is an argument your enemies and critics can\u2019t refute. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you\u2019re wise, you\u2019ll do four things: (1) Focus on the road ahead. By looking in the rear-view mirror instead of what\u2019s up ahead, you\u2019ll end up in a ditch. Focus on the fact you\u2019ve survived the past, and learned from your experience. God kept you around for a reason; find it and pour your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}