'FAN INTO FLAME THE GIFT OF GOD, WHICH IS IN YOU.' 2 TIMOTHY 1:6 NIV

The key to a successful life is knowing who you are (your calling), and what you're supposed to do (your destiny). Without these you're like an octopus on roller-skates; lots of movement but no real direction. Another key is having the spiritual and emotional fuel to get there. There are two kinds of people: 1. those with low flame. When you don't like what you're doing you become like Eddie whose grandmother was an opera lover. When Eddie turned eight she took him to a performance of Wagner, in German. The next day he wrote her a note: Dear Granny, thanks for the birthday present. It's what I always wanted, but not very much. Love Eddie. It's difficult to achieve when you don't have much desire to do so. The old saying is true. Find something you like to do so much that you'd gladly do it for nothing, and if you learn to do it well, someday people will be happy to pay you for it. 2. those with no flame. Some people say they feel burned out. The truth is that many of them were never on fire in the first place. Norman cousins said Death isn't the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. If you're not careful you could end up like the man whose tombstone read: Died at 30. Buried at 60. don't let that happen to you. When you find your God0given purpose, with it comes your passion. Will you have to fan that flame? Yes, regularly! But it will energies you and carries you to your destination.

Evangelist Philip Jegede’s Reading Courtesy of DWFT: Acts 6-7, Luke 8:16-25, Ps 140, Pr 16:3 www.mpbs247.org