Head Up…
My head was down as I was staying focused and staying the course. I wasn’t going to allow any distractions to throw me off course. I was determined to stay focused. Stay ready so you don’t have to get ready. A phrase I heard at my first job in the corporate world, and I liked it. It has a nice ring to it and can get people to move.
I was staying ready, I was staying the course so when it was my time to run my race I was going to be ready. For I knew that as my head stayed down and focused preparing myself to receive my baton I was going to bolt out of my stance straight into success. I was ready because I was staying ready, I was staying the course. My head was down and I was ready to receive my baton………..We will try this again. I was ready because I was staying ready, I was staying the course. My head was down and I was ready to receive my baton………..Hellllloooooooo………….Helllllloooooooo………Maybe the person running the leg before me got caught up in the world and will be delayed a few hours. Maybe the person running the leg before me took a little detour. That is ok because I will patiently wait here for I know that when it is my time to run my race, my time to unveil my purpose I will be ready.
My head was down as I was staying focused and staying the course. I was so focused on staying I forget To Be. I forgot to put action to the course. I began to focus too much on the staying and being focused and less on just being ready. In reality I stayed ready so I didn’t have to get ready because I didn’t want to have To Be. I wasn’t ready To Be put to the ultimate test, The Test of Faith. It was an easy excuse to tell myself, to tell God I need to learn and need to hit the books and study. But deep down I knew that I was just too afraid to put myself to the test. See, I come from the world of sports and some of the best teachers were game days. Sometimes an athlete needs that real gametime action to get them to that next gear, that next level that can excel their progress. But for me I was full of excuses. I was the guy that looked the part but when asked to play I was too cool to sweat. I was in training mode and didn’t want to injure myself. Kind of hard to get an injury without any action.
There was nothing wrong with staying ready so I didn’t have to get ready, but, yep I had to Stop N’ Smell That BUT. If I was going to give my journey all of me then that included my thought process. For right thoughts will guide to right actions. “Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.” (James 2:17). I had faith and was faithfully staying ready, staying the course. But that alone wasn’t enough I had to put in some work, I had to take action. Not only does my mind need to have faith I need To Be faithfully ready to go into action. As I built up my faith in the staying focused with no distractions I had to have faith that I could pick my head up and still not be distracted because my faith in my journey was that Great. So as I took each step of faith, I knew that by faith my mind was strong enough to stay the course, I knew that by faith each step was a step in the right direction, I knew that by faith I wasn’t going to allow myself to get in the way. I was going to step out by faith and put forth action keeping my head up. I was ready To Be…
