"Can Do" spirit.....

I received this devotion this morning and particularly love what was written.. I am praying that God will help me to develop deeper such "different spirit"... that would go all the way for Him.. and not be satisfied with status quo.. This is my prayer for my future spouse too.. hehehehe.. May he not be a "go with the flow and expect the status quo" guy but may he has the "spirit of Caleb" who has a different spirit and not into "safe living". As it were, he is always slaying "giants and claiming mountains" in the Lord's Name...

I always liken the story of Caleb and how he continued to press on.. So, do read on the following devotion from "The Vine" that I have cut and paste here.. hehehe.. and get to know just glimpses of who this Caleb is..

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The Spirit Of Caleb

My servant Caleb has a different spirit.
Numbers 14:24 NIV

Caleb wasn't into "safe living". As a young man he came back from the Promised Land, stood with the minority and announced, "With God on our side we'll take it!" At 85, he was still slaying giants and claiming mountains. That's because he had "a different spirit". He wasn't a "go with the flow and expect the status quo" guy.

Richard Edler writes: "Safe living generally makes for regrets later on. We are all given talents and dreams. Sometimes the two don't seem to match. But usually we compromise both before ever finding out. Later on, we find ourselves looking back longingly to that time when we should have chased our true dreams and our true talents for all they were worth. Don't let yourself be pressured into thinking that your dreams or your talents aren't prudent. They were never meant to be prudent. They were meant to bring joy and fulfilment into your life." If a caterpillar refuses to get into its cocoon it'll never transform and will be forever relegated to crawling on the ground, even though it had the potential to fly.

What do you believe God's called you to do? Do it! God's not limited by your IQ, He's limited by your "I will". The poet said: "If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don't. If you'd like to win but you think you can't, it's almost certain you won't. Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins, is the man who believes he can." The spirit of Caleb is the "can do" spirit! Have you got it?

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