"All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty." Proverbs 14:23
Ten months ago, Sarah Mendel, a 25-year-old registered nurse who is 4'9", weighed 217 pounds and was miserable. Knowing that she needed to make a change, she made a commitment to eat healthier and totally changed her diet by adding more vegetables and cutting out processed foods. Three months later she added running to her routine and now runs four times a week, has completed many 5k races and just recently completed her first half marathon. Mendel, who has made exercise a priority and now weighs in at 128 pounds, said "hard work" is the secret to her success.
You know the Bible also has something to say about the benefits of working hard when it tells us that, "All hard work brings a profit," but warns us that "mere talk leads only to poverty." You see, you and I could talk about our desires, ambitions and dreams for hours every day-how we would like to get healthier, lose weight, get a better job or make any number of changes we know need to be made in our lives-but without "hard work" our intentions would be only "mere talk" and give us no results.
So if you're looking to make a change today, what will you do? Talk about it some more or get to work on it? The choice is yours but you can be sure that there is no success where there is no one working hard to achieve it because, as David Bly writes, "Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted." It simply yields no results.
Heavenly Father, thank you for your Word that clearly tells us that hard work is the key to accomplishing our purpose both physically and spiritually. May we make the commitment today to be the person you are calling us to and work hard to achieve it. It's in your precious name we pray Jesus. Amen.
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