Thursday, November 24, 2016

Potential and Purpose



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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.

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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.
 

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For excellence is ongoing
With potential its furnace
God’s purpose our goal
Ensured by His grace.


Stewart Russell © 2016

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