Potential and Purpose

Potential and purpose,

The hallmarks of life

Are equally important

In life’s daily strife.

One’s given at the start

The other ongoing till death

Lives full of purpose

With intervals of rest.

The believer, chosen of God

With a purpose in view

Invested with potential

That purpose to pursue.

Procrastination and indolence

With diligence eschew

These are ever present

To hamper me and you.

The Apostle Paul an example

Potential in a vessel

Walked as God demanded

Amidst all of life’s hassle.

In the end he could declare

His purpose fulfilled

Potential used up

And none of it spilled.

An excellent spirit

Manifested in his work

Mindful of his purpose

With no thought to shirk.

An example to Timothy

And to all of us here

That potential is purpose

That is yet to appear.

For potential means nothing

Unless it is tapped

So that purpose ensues

Or else purpose is trapped.

 

For excellence is ongoing

With potential its furnace

God’s purpose our goal

Ensured by His grace.

Stewart Russell © 2016