Missed Opportunities; Wrong Dressing
Someone once said that many people miss out on their opportunities because they come dressed in work clothes.
There is a tale about these two shoe salesmen who travel to a third world country in search of new business opportunities. One man calls the office and talks to his supervisor saying, “I’m coming back home. There’s no hope here. Nobody here is wearing shoes, so there’s no one to sell to.” He boards the next flight home. The second man calls the office and says, “Send me as many pairs of shoes as you can! You wouldn’t believe what I found here. There is so much opportunity. No one here is wearing shoes. I can sell to the whole country!” One saw an opportunity while the other saw a dead end.
Matthew 14:15
15 As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”
The disciples nearly missed out on an opportunity because it came dresses as a problem. If it was up to them they would have sent all the people home with nothing to eat not knowing that Jesus was about to do something that would be talked about for ages to come. All that the disciples looked at was the little resources they had and the amount of work it would take to feed this entire crowd. All this after sitting in the scorching sun, too much work, just send the people home.
Opportunities many times come dressed as work or problems and only those who are not afraid to put in the work see them and embrace them. It’s one thing to see an opportunity but unless you put in the work then you will not reap the fruit of that opportunity. At the end of that day, the people had been fed and they all got to experience the multiplication power of God.
What opportunities can you see? Could it be that you don’t see none because they showed up at your door step in the wrong attire? Look again.
DECLARATION
Lord give me discernment to see the opportunities that come dressed in the wrong clothing. I am not afraid of work, I will work that God may bless the work of my hands!
Someone once said that many people miss out on their opportunities because they come dressed in work clothes.
There is a tale about these two shoe salesmen who travel to a third world country in search of new business opportunities. One man calls the office and talks to his supervisor saying, “I’m coming back home. There’s no hope here. Nobody here is wearing shoes, so there’s no one to sell to.” He boards the next flight home. The second man calls the office and says, “Send me as many pairs of shoes as you can! You wouldn’t believe what I found here. There is so much opportunity. No one here is wearing shoes. I can sell to the whole country!” One saw an opportunity while the other saw a dead end.
Matthew 14:15
15 As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”
The disciples nearly missed out on an opportunity because it came dresses as a problem. If it was up to them they would have sent all the people home with nothing to eat not knowing that Jesus was about to do something that would be talked about for ages to come. All that the disciples looked at was the little resources they had and the amount of work it would take to feed this entire crowd. All this after sitting in the scorching sun, too much work, just send the people home.
Opportunities many times come dressed as work or problems and only those who are not afraid to put in the work see them and embrace them. It’s one thing to see an opportunity but unless you put in the work then you will not reap the fruit of that opportunity. At the end of that day, the people had been fed and they all got to experience the multiplication power of God.
What opportunities can you see? Could it be that you don’t see none because they showed up at your door step in the wrong attire? Look again.
DECLARATION
Lord give me discernment to see the opportunities that come dressed in the wrong clothing. I am not afraid of work, I will work that God may bless the work of my hands!
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