I once knew a woman who was very driven to succeed in her network marketing business. She decided to devote the next three years of her life to her success. She worked all hours of the day and night and insisted her team do the same. If her team didn\u2019t attend sales meetings until 3am, she\u2019d refuse to support them anymore. She decided she would put everything but her business pursuits on hold for three years. Then she\u2019d retire. She was goal driven and focused, and she knew she would succeed.<\/p>\n
Her husband and her children took a backseat to her goal of success. She was excessively hard on her team and even began cutting corners and violating ethics to ensure she was a top performer (or appeared to be). By the end of the three years, she was divorced, had lost custody of her children, and lost her business due to unethical dealings. In fact, her name was completely blotted out of the company with which she had worked.<\/p>\n
In my mind, she became the poster child for what it means to create one\u2019s life without checking in with God. She became the supreme example of trying to create abundance on the competitive plain. She constantly \u201cpushed the rope,\u201d and that rope transformed into a noose.<\/p>\n
I believe as children of THE CREATOR, made in His image, we are born creators. We can create our lives on our own, pursuing selfish, self-gratifying and vain ambition. We can do this by stepping on others, forcing our will onto others, or by manipulating and controlling (aka force).<\/p>\n
Or we can amble through life without any goals or objectives. As the Cheshire Cat told Alice, \u201cIf you don\u2019t know where you\u2019re going, any road\u2019ll take you there.\u201d And \u201cthere\u201d isn\u2019t always the best location.<\/p>\n
Most people choose something between these two extremes.<\/p>\n
I am an advocate of having goals and dreams, but I believe for best results, we co-create them with God. We step out of the competitive plain onto the creative plain. We check in with God to make sure the aspirations we set for ourselves are in alignment with our highest purpose and soul fulfillment.<\/p>\n
Then we <\/p>\n
– set clear intentions,
\n– ask for assistance,
\n– take inspired action,
\n– operate from gratitude, and
\n– allow the co-creation process to take place. <\/p>\n
What do I mean by co-creation? I believe nature is friendly to your plans when you operate from your highest purpose. Angels, Spirit and the intelligent matter of the universe line up on your team to help you achieve your objectives. The right people will be introduced to you at the perfect time. The optimal resources will be made available to you. The appropriate doors will open for you.<\/p>\n
But you must be willing to set a clear intention, ask, listen for a confirmation that you\u2019re on path, and take inspired action. Action is critical. As Wallace Wattles wrote in 1910: \u201cBy faith the thing you want is brought to you and by action you receive it.\u201d Do all you know to do. Reach toward God\u2019s reaching, but never force, manipulate or control. <\/p>\n
If you are honest with yourself, if you have integrity, what you want is what God wants for you. <\/strong>The powers of heaven are on your side. <\/p>\n But remember the powers of heaven can only be activated upon the principles of righteousness. When we undertake to cover our mistakes, to gratify our pride, our vain ambition, or to exercise control or dominion or compulsion upon other people or upon the elements of the universe, in any degree of unrighteousness, the heavens withdraw themselves; the Spirit of the Lord is grieved. And when it is withdrawn, we are left to ourselves \u2013 to push that rope.<\/p>\n Stop back by for my next entry\u2026 I\u2019ll be talking about what to do when things don\u2019t fall into place, when doors seem to slam in your face when you feel certain God told you to travel the path you\u2019re traveling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I once knew a woman who was very driven to succeed in her network marketing business. She decided to devote the next three years of her life to her success. She worked all hours of the day and night and insisted her team do the same. If her team didn\u2019t attend sales meetings until 3am,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creative-process","category-life-purpose"],"yoast_head":"\n