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Does your work ethic match your dreams?


 “Faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead! (James 2:14-26). A powerful short powerful verse that implies a lot of people to truly think about their desired goals and dreams. How much work are you actually putting into the things that you say you truly want. We can pray for that job, that car, that house or that spouse. How much work are we putting into it to make the dream a reality.

During the off-season many players say they want to be the best version of themselves possible. Many write down goals on what accolades they want to achieve throughout the season.  Rather that is a certain amount of sacks, interceptions , passing yard…etc. Many times, it stops right there most players never take the time out to diligently work on small things that will make them the best version of themselves that they want to be. How many hours have they spent watching film from the previous season? How many miles did they run before fall camp starts? How many reps did they do in the weight room to help them become stronger than last season? 

Repetition creates the player or person that we ultimately want to become, which in turns becomes the work. How hard are we working on ourselves daily to become better? How hard are you self assessing. The statue of David is perhaps, if not, one of the most famous statues in the world. According to scholars at history.com the statue took three years to complete. Many only see the final version of a sculpture however, there are four phases to what we ultimately see.

Carving/modeling: During these two phases of a sculpture you start off with a solid block. It’s nothing. A sculpture must then create the desired results he wants by diligently carving out the work that he wants. He then begin to mold the clay that he wants it to be. Like us we often start off as nothing we have to refine and mold ourselves into the version that we want to see for ourselves daily. We have to take the time to diligently carve ourselves into the person that we desire for ourselves. 

Chiseling: Once casted a sculpture must then be chiseled into its final form. Once carved and molded the chiseling must then happen to continue to refine the look. The work during this process is very tedious. Cutting off old stone that no longer serves any purpose for the desired dream look. We must continually chisel away at our life to form a dream look that we desire. 

It took over three years to complete the statue of David.  Everyday countless hours put it. Well over the 10,000 hours they say it takes to master anything. The work it was put in started off as a dream and took time to cultivate from start to finish. We are clay waiting to be molded, carved and chiseled into something that can marvel at. We must put in the work at all times to have the dreams we so desire. At the end God can’t bless us without putting in work. 


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