John Carver - "The D I Problem"
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Channel: John Carver · 2017 · People & Blogs
What’s D I? Diminishing Intent! The longer you wait to do something the less enthusiasm you will have for it. I have suffered from this from time to time in my life. Jim Rohn put it like this. People who are learning without taking action, is like a man who continues to bring building materials to a job site. Day after day he brings lumber, plumbing supplies, shingles, nails, drywall, carpet, tiles, insulation, ext. An onlooker sees all the things that he’s bringing to the job site and says, “Wow, you sure have a lot of stuff. You must be building something amazing.” The man replies, “Yeah you should wait and see what I bring tomorrow.” The man continues to bring new materials, but never BUILDS anything. Eventually he gets tired and moves on to something else and nothing is ever built. Fear makes the D I problem BIGGER! It blows my mind that God sees our potential before we can ever imagine it! God is in the business of enabling the weak! With God’s calling comes God’s gifting. Telling someone “Do not be afraid” is the kind of advice that tends to have the opposite effect than the one intended. The more people tell you not to be afraid, the more you start to wonder what you ought to be afraid of! This is where DIMINISHED INTENT can start to stop of from embracing God’s calling for our lives. The more excuses we come up with the harder it is to get moving forward. Five frogs are sitting on a log. Four decide to jump off. How many are left? The first time he asked me, I answered, “One.” “No,” he responded, “Five. Why? Because there’s a difference between deciding and doing!” I share much more in this program.
