Responsibility is the price of Greatness

The angel of the Lord appears to Gideon with the good news that he is the one to deliver Israel from the hands of the Midianites. Gideon is full of excuses why he cannot be that man. His clan is the weakest one in Manasseh and everyone in his family is more important than him. Gideon is focused on his present state and all he can see is limitations in his life. In fact if you ask him, God is to blame for all this.

He says if the Lord is for us, then why are all this things happening to us? He says they have heard the stories of how God performed miracles but that was a very long time ago. God on the other hand is not looking at Gideon's current state; He is looking at Gideon's potential. Who are you blaming for your misfortunes? We live in a culture where few are ready to take responsibility.

We are always passing the buck to someone else. Even in marriage it is the same story. It is always your husband's fault, or it is always your wife's fault! It was Winston Churchill who said "Responsibility is the price of greatness!" Like Gideon, God sees you as a mighty man/ woman of valour! That's because he can see the potential that He put in you when He created you.

The sad thing is that many of us go to the grave with that potential still in us un exploited because we guard it with some of the best excuses we can come up with. People can slow you down or even put roadblocks on the path to your potential but the truth of the matter is that you are the only one who can stop yourself from reaching it.

What does the bible say about you? You are either living that, or your life is full of excuses! Like Gideon, chose to stand on the word of God and as you act on it, greatness will ooze from within you!