How do you respect the time of others?
Considering life is composed of time, the internalization of the second greatest commandment is greatly reflected in our response to the time of others. Our response includes the spiritual, physical, and emotional contributions and extractions.
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
www.rickemeyer.com
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
How Do Champions Respond?
Spring 2003
To be a CHAMPION, we must THINK, PREPARE, and RESPOND as a CHAMPION!
CHAMPIONS focus on ACHIEVEMENT.
What is my Desired destination? What type of person passes through this destination? What attributes, or characteristics, do these achievers possess? What attributes do these achievers purge, delete, from their lives? What attributes I currently possess?
Which necessary attributes, or characteristics, do I need to acquire? Which of my current attributes do I need to strengthen? Which of my current attributes do I need to delete from my operating system?
How do I obtain, delete, and strengthen the appropriate attributes?
CHAMPIONS accept ridicule from others as an element of their journey.
Why do we receive ridicule? CHAMPIONSHIPS require THINKING differently than others. As the Bible illustrates in Proverbs 23:7, “As he thinks in his heart, so is he.” We are a product of our thoughts.
Ridicule derives from one’s thoughts, a lack of understanding while also lacking the desire to understand CHAMPIONS’ thoughts. Some mock what they do not understand! Why do some mock God? They lack any degree of understanding of God; they lack wisdom: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline” (Proverbs 1:7). Certainly, no one completely understands God; some have received more wisdom than others. Proverbs 2:6 declares, “For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;” we must “search for it as for hidden treasure” (Proverbs 2:4).
Suppose you absolutely knew a gold mine existed somewhere on a section of land you owned, 640 acres or one square mile. How long would you search for the gold mine? Would you quit after a month, six months, five years, or even 25 years? No! You would keep searching until you found the gold mine. Once found, you would continue digging, and mining all the gold possible from the mine. This same intensity and perseverance is required for mining wisdom, knowledge, understanding, and insight.
A CHAMPION digs deep into their soul in search of their gold mine of greatness, digging into the depths of their body and mind conquering unknown frontiers created within them. In Jeremiah, God says, “I knew you before I formed you in the womb.” God placed greatness within each of us long before our physical bodies existed. We find this greatness in seeking fellowship with God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit with every ounce of energy we possess. He will reveal the doors to open, the paths to travel, and the keys to unlock our potential. Once unlocked, our potential is exponentially transformed into greatness. This greatness is only possible as a conduit of the Holy Spirit, submitting to obedience of our Heavenly Father.
Submitting to Christ requires challenging obedience and discipline. Included among these attributes are: the removal of limits. “With God, nothing is impossible.” God’s possibilities and wisdom are infinite. His word established creation. All boundaries are a fence built by him. He owns everything. If a rancher builds a fence creating a bordered pasture, yet owns the prairie on all sides of the pasture, he has the ability to remove the fence, expand the pasture if he desires. God may also expand the ‘pasture’ of possibilities; he may splice the fence to allow the temporary expansion of earthly possibilities, as he did with Elijah in the chariot to heaven.
The expansion of earthly possibilities permitted Lazarus’ return from death. This also illustrates Christ’s ability to raise anyone from apparent hopeless situations.
Expanding our thoughts requires great effort. Breaking ground, whether soil, physical, or mental digging in new territory. Breaking sod require greater horsepower than tilling previously broken ground. Developing physical fitness induces pain as our bodies increase their ability to achieve. Similarly is using the left hand for a right-handed person. We engage different neurons and muscles, requiring mental concentration to fire the synapse on new paths. This is also why articulating, either writing or speaking, new ideas is fatiguing.
We effectively express cogitable ideas, those grasped by the mind. Grasping involves enveloping an object or idea. Our hands only grasp those objects within a certain proportion to our hand size. My small hands prevent me from ‘palming’ a basketball, or accurately throwing a regulation football. Those with bigger hands easily palm and basketball. My friend Dean once welcomed NFL quarterback legend Joe Thiemann onto stage before a keynote speech. Afterwards, Dean commented on Joe’s enormous hands. His comparatively large hands enabled Joe to grasp the football, and accurately throw, deliver, or distribute, the ball anywhere on the football field.
Our minds, our thought process, must expand in proportion to the size of an idea; enabling us to grasp the idea with our minds before we are able to accurately distribute, or deliver, to an array of personalities and backgrounds in our audience. The audience may be listening to our keynotes or seminars; or they may represent our peers, colleagues, or families. Cogitation enables accurate, varied deliverance of ideas.
Recently a friend commented on the large quantity of sleep and food his teenage son required; along with the amount, his son is growing. His son’s physical growth necessitates immense energy. Intellectual expansion also requires great energy.
Muscle memory, establishing paths of neuron travel, allows for habits including fast running. Establishing mental neuron travel enhances rapid, critical thinking. Lyle Claussen continually states, “If you want to run fast, you have to run fast.” Equivalently, if we want to think quickly, deeply, and broadly: we must think quickly, deeply, and broadly. Repetition establishes cerebral neuron paths. Just a smooth, well-defined road with consistent traffic improves travel efficiency, so we improve mental efficiency with a smooth, well-defined neuron path with consistent thoughts of depth, and breadth.
Imagination development is directly related to mental progression. Imagination is a mental ‘muscle.’ The more we imagine, the greater efficiency and detail oriented we become. Imagination enhances cogitating ideas. Once conceived we then imagine the idea visually, rotating the idea in four and five dimensions with in our minds. Time and spirituality are the fourth and fifth dimension. The spirituality dimension allows us to think beyond ourselves, and our limitations. How does this idea correlate with scripture? If so, which ones? Is this idea a proponent of the two greatest commandments? If so, how? Are there any negative side effects of this idea? Do the benefits outweigh the risks: physically, mentally, and spiritually, both immediately and in another century?
Visualizing an idea is literally mentally grasping the idea, because we are enveloping the idea with in the boundaries of our minds. An idea we are unable to fully visualize, see in our mind’s eye, rotating multi-dimensional is not yet grasped. The greater our imagination, the greater is our ability and efficiency to grasp new ideas. Grasping precedes fully capitalizing on the idea.
Returning to the analogy of the quarterback: he may be able to see and deliver to one open receiver. The quarterback’s value increases as his ability to see and deliver to multiple receivers. Our values exponentially increases with our ability to see and deliver additional possibilities with grasped ideas, mentally enveloped in our minds hand made by our creator.
When imagining, inclusion of all five senses strengthens results. Perhaps we commence with the visual image, followed by sound, smell, touch, and taste. We are now empowered mentally to live, the idea! Living an idea permits the accumulation of experience, at least cerebral. Experience facilitates advancement of conceptual depth and breadth. A communicator’s responsibility is simplifying the idea for the audience. Genius is simplifying the complex! We simplify cogitable ideas.
When the aforementioned gold mine is found, we then must extract and package the gold for the jewelry market. Once gold is adequately packaged for marketing, the potential customer base expands exponentially to include millions of people. The gold mine of our minds is the same. Once we package ideas cogitable to the masses, our customer base also expands exponentially. The Holy Spirit sends prepackaged cogitable ideas.
Let them See, Let them Believe, Leave them Desiring to Achieve!
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
www.rickemeyer.com
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Trust the Lord's Calculations
December 22, 2010
Proverbs 3:5 – 7 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil.”
Do you remember chemistry or physics courses in school? The method to derive the correct answer often seemed illogical. Simple math failed to solve the equation. Chemistry and physics equations requires one knowing and properly using constants, such as the speed of gravitational acceleration of 9.81 meters per second per second. Chemistry calculations frequently use Avogadro’s number of 6.023 x 1023 particles /g. atom. We could easily list a vast array of constants and factors necessary for advanced calculations.
Constants such as those above along with similar factors appear as common sense for those who interact with them on a daily basis. I am told that Beta Sig alumnus and world renowned Professor of Chemical Engineering at Kansas State University, Dr. Larry Erickson, quickly calculates extremely advanced equations in his mind. To assure proper perspective, one of his undergraduate students told of an assignment where the calculation endured for forty minutes in Microsoft Excel. These equations epitomize complexity!
Most of us, at least this author, struggle to see any connective logic when comparing the raw data with the final product. Is your mind also boggled from these and even simpler complex equations? Do you, like me, lack the mathematical talent to comprehend and calculate those equations? Does my failure to understand and inability to successfully complete these calculations result in the calculations to wrong? Absurd!!!
Of course proper calculation yields accurate products regardless of whether we understand the calculations. Yet, how often do we hear people claim the Bible or God's activity in the world lacks logic simply because we fail to comprehend the events or reasoning? How often do we negate God’s ways, His guidance in our life, because the product is beyond our understanding? We frequently deny God's methods due to our inability to calculate His transforming us from where we are to where He leads and places us?
Does God use constants in his equations of which we are unaware? Does Avogadro’s number change or cease to exist based on someone’s intellectual capacity? Equally, God’s constants--wisdom, love, and character--remain true regardless of our human understanding. Jesus Christ, the word made flesh, the eternal Son of God in the trinity, alpha and omega, states that he is, “The same yesterday, today and tomorrow.”
The triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit may speak to you directly or indirectly--yet always in agreement with the Bible, revealing awesome plans for you, beyond our comprehension. Believe! Christ’s calculations containing the eternal Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding of Creation; involve constants beyond the cumulative of human wisdom and understanding.
Leaning on our own understanding or wisdom instead of Christ’s Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding while fearing Him, results in foolishness leading to failure. These amazing constants and complex calculations are why we must trust and fear Him. Acknowledge His advance calculations for He will make your paths straight; even when the math does not add up.
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
www.rickemeyer.com
Proverbs 3:5 – 7 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil.”
Do you remember chemistry or physics courses in school? The method to derive the correct answer often seemed illogical. Simple math failed to solve the equation. Chemistry and physics equations requires one knowing and properly using constants, such as the speed of gravitational acceleration of 9.81 meters per second per second. Chemistry calculations frequently use Avogadro’s number of 6.023 x 1023 particles /g. atom. We could easily list a vast array of constants and factors necessary for advanced calculations.
Constants such as those above along with similar factors appear as common sense for those who interact with them on a daily basis. I am told that Beta Sig alumnus and world renowned Professor of Chemical Engineering at Kansas State University, Dr. Larry Erickson, quickly calculates extremely advanced equations in his mind. To assure proper perspective, one of his undergraduate students told of an assignment where the calculation endured for forty minutes in Microsoft Excel. These equations epitomize complexity!
Most of us, at least this author, struggle to see any connective logic when comparing the raw data with the final product. Is your mind also boggled from these and even simpler complex equations? Do you, like me, lack the mathematical talent to comprehend and calculate those equations? Does my failure to understand and inability to successfully complete these calculations result in the calculations to wrong? Absurd!!!
Of course proper calculation yields accurate products regardless of whether we understand the calculations. Yet, how often do we hear people claim the Bible or God's activity in the world lacks logic simply because we fail to comprehend the events or reasoning? How often do we negate God’s ways, His guidance in our life, because the product is beyond our understanding? We frequently deny God's methods due to our inability to calculate His transforming us from where we are to where He leads and places us?
Does God use constants in his equations of which we are unaware? Does Avogadro’s number change or cease to exist based on someone’s intellectual capacity? Equally, God’s constants--wisdom, love, and character--remain true regardless of our human understanding. Jesus Christ, the word made flesh, the eternal Son of God in the trinity, alpha and omega, states that he is, “The same yesterday, today and tomorrow.”
The triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit may speak to you directly or indirectly--yet always in agreement with the Bible, revealing awesome plans for you, beyond our comprehension. Believe! Christ’s calculations containing the eternal Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding of Creation; involve constants beyond the cumulative of human wisdom and understanding.
Leaning on our own understanding or wisdom instead of Christ’s Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding while fearing Him, results in foolishness leading to failure. These amazing constants and complex calculations are why we must trust and fear Him. Acknowledge His advance calculations for He will make your paths straight; even when the math does not add up.
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
www.rickemeyer.com
Depends on How Good You Want to Be!
NEWSLETTER ~ October 2006
Depends on How Good You Want to Be
One September morning in high school, I ambled into the cross country coach’s (Congo) office. He was sitting in his office grading papers or going over workouts for the upcoming day. This shy, bow legged, transfer student was scared and nervous as I made my way through this new school. The class size exceeded six times the size of the old school and forty times larger than the grade school I had attended while growing up on the farm.
Upon entering the office of this coaching legend I blurted out my inquiry, “Do I need to be running in the morning?” We were already running intense, tortuous workouts during the afternoon practices. Workouts causing pain in the legs climbing up and down the stairs during the day, in addition to feeling sick every evening.
His response was simple, yet not what I had anticipated nor desired “Depends on how good you want to be Rick Meyer”. Congo’s lack of a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ reply frustrated me. As a teenager I reflected upon this response throughout the day as I sat in class. However, when awakened by the alarm clock performing its assigned duty the next morning, I was quickly out the door running. I did have the desire to be as good as possible. In fact, twenty plus years later, I continue to run in the morning regularly. Those dark winter mornings when the mercury is well below zero, I still reflect upon Congo’s response “Depends on how good you want to be Rick Meyer” as I head out the door for yet another run.
The challenge, “Depends on how good you want to be”, provided an opportunity for an array of lessons for my teenage mind. This is a question we should ask ourselves everyday.
• Should we invest extra time and effort to benefit our family, friends, clients, and employees or board of directors whether it be building relationships or synthesizing a report?
• Do we need to make the extra phone call to secure the appointment or contract?
• Is the extra practice on our upcoming oral reports and presentations necessary?
• Should we make the extra effort to assist and encourage our spouse and/or children?
Depends on how good you want to be ……
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
www.rickemeyer.com
_______________________________________
© 2006-2010 Rick E. Meyer; All rights reserved worldwide.Permission is granted to reproduce, copy or distribute this newsletter as long as this copyright notice and this full information about contacting the author remain in tact.
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Depends on How Good You Want to Be
One September morning in high school, I ambled into the cross country coach’s (Congo) office. He was sitting in his office grading papers or going over workouts for the upcoming day. This shy, bow legged, transfer student was scared and nervous as I made my way through this new school. The class size exceeded six times the size of the old school and forty times larger than the grade school I had attended while growing up on the farm.
Upon entering the office of this coaching legend I blurted out my inquiry, “Do I need to be running in the morning?” We were already running intense, tortuous workouts during the afternoon practices. Workouts causing pain in the legs climbing up and down the stairs during the day, in addition to feeling sick every evening.
His response was simple, yet not what I had anticipated nor desired “Depends on how good you want to be Rick Meyer”. Congo’s lack of a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ reply frustrated me. As a teenager I reflected upon this response throughout the day as I sat in class. However, when awakened by the alarm clock performing its assigned duty the next morning, I was quickly out the door running. I did have the desire to be as good as possible. In fact, twenty plus years later, I continue to run in the morning regularly. Those dark winter mornings when the mercury is well below zero, I still reflect upon Congo’s response “Depends on how good you want to be Rick Meyer” as I head out the door for yet another run.
The challenge, “Depends on how good you want to be”, provided an opportunity for an array of lessons for my teenage mind. This is a question we should ask ourselves everyday.
• Should we invest extra time and effort to benefit our family, friends, clients, and employees or board of directors whether it be building relationships or synthesizing a report?
• Do we need to make the extra phone call to secure the appointment or contract?
• Is the extra practice on our upcoming oral reports and presentations necessary?
• Should we make the extra effort to assist and encourage our spouse and/or children?
Depends on how good you want to be ……
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
www.rickemeyer.com
_______________________________________
© 2006-2010 Rick E. Meyer; All rights reserved worldwide.Permission is granted to reproduce, copy or distribute this newsletter as long as this copyright notice and this full information about contacting the author remain in tact.
P.O. Box 244 Albion, NE 68620-0244~ Telephone: (402) 984-1586
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CEC
November 1999
What is Your CEC?
I asked this question of athletes, future All-Americans, the week leading up to the NCAA championships. Their initial reaction was most likely very similar to yours right now. What is CEC? What does CEC have to do with human performance and being competitive internationally?
The simple answer - Everything!
My introduction to CEC came in “Kindergarten Soils” as agronomy professors often refer to “Introduction to Soils”. CEC (Cation Exchange Capacity) and AEC (Anion Exchange Capacity) were topics of discussion concerning soil chemistry. Cations, properly pronounced cat-īön, are positively charged ions. Anions are negatively charged ions. Ions are atoms or groups of atoms electrically charged because of the loss or gain of electrons, negative charges.
In simplistic terms, CEC quantifies the amount of nutrients one particle of soil can attain. The higher the CEC, the better the more productive the soil, there is more food available in the soil for the growing crops or vegetation.
Clay soils typically have the highest CEC, there physical properties allow for this. In the interest of space and maintaining your interest, we will quickly discuss a few physical properties of clay. Clay is adaptable, sculptors use clay. Clay soils have the greatest amount of pore space, allowing for greater available water storage. If we equate water with opportunity, clay soils capitalize on the greatest amount of opportunity as it presents itself.
Silt, Sand and Rock are not flexible enough to mold easily. These larger particles claim, ‘this is the way I am, if you do not like it, too bad’. Change requires excessive heat, pressure or force. Their large pore size allows water to easily run thru it, if we are like stones, we are inadaptable, allowing opportunity to run right by us.
Running fast on a cross country course, expanding your business or keeping up with your family activities, also requires a high CEC.
This CEC is Champ-ion Exchange Capacity!
Having a high, CEC (Champ-ion Exchange Capacity) requires us to shed ‘negative’ charges from our lives, positively charged.
What is your capacity for the mental attributes of being a champion in business, in life?
Do you have drive to go the “extra five miles” for your clients, friends and family?
Do you have the fortitude to persevere when your mind and body are begging for relief? The power to keep your word and stay true to your convictions when you may temporarily enjoy record profits simply by ignoring your convictions or going back on your word.
Do you have the capacity to frame pain, whether mental, physical, financial or relational, properly? The champion views pain as an encourager rather than a deterrent. Pain is viewed as a positive force, the greater the pain the fewer competitors, therefore the greater the reward upon completion of the task.
As Christians we should inquire our CEC also, Christian Exchange Capacity. What is our ability, individually and collectively the Christian message of Hope, Forgiveness, Accountability, and Love?
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
www.rickemeyer.com
What is Your CEC?
I asked this question of athletes, future All-Americans, the week leading up to the NCAA championships. Their initial reaction was most likely very similar to yours right now. What is CEC? What does CEC have to do with human performance and being competitive internationally?
The simple answer - Everything!
My introduction to CEC came in “Kindergarten Soils” as agronomy professors often refer to “Introduction to Soils”. CEC (Cation Exchange Capacity) and AEC (Anion Exchange Capacity) were topics of discussion concerning soil chemistry. Cations, properly pronounced cat-īön, are positively charged ions. Anions are negatively charged ions. Ions are atoms or groups of atoms electrically charged because of the loss or gain of electrons, negative charges.
In simplistic terms, CEC quantifies the amount of nutrients one particle of soil can attain. The higher the CEC, the better the more productive the soil, there is more food available in the soil for the growing crops or vegetation.
Clay soils typically have the highest CEC, there physical properties allow for this. In the interest of space and maintaining your interest, we will quickly discuss a few physical properties of clay. Clay is adaptable, sculptors use clay. Clay soils have the greatest amount of pore space, allowing for greater available water storage. If we equate water with opportunity, clay soils capitalize on the greatest amount of opportunity as it presents itself.
Silt, Sand and Rock are not flexible enough to mold easily. These larger particles claim, ‘this is the way I am, if you do not like it, too bad’. Change requires excessive heat, pressure or force. Their large pore size allows water to easily run thru it, if we are like stones, we are inadaptable, allowing opportunity to run right by us.
Running fast on a cross country course, expanding your business or keeping up with your family activities, also requires a high CEC.
This CEC is Champ-ion Exchange Capacity!
Having a high, CEC (Champ-ion Exchange Capacity) requires us to shed ‘negative’ charges from our lives, positively charged.
What is your capacity for the mental attributes of being a champion in business, in life?
Do you have drive to go the “extra five miles” for your clients, friends and family?
Do you have the fortitude to persevere when your mind and body are begging for relief? The power to keep your word and stay true to your convictions when you may temporarily enjoy record profits simply by ignoring your convictions or going back on your word.
Do you have the capacity to frame pain, whether mental, physical, financial or relational, properly? The champion views pain as an encourager rather than a deterrent. Pain is viewed as a positive force, the greater the pain the fewer competitors, therefore the greater the reward upon completion of the task.
As Christians we should inquire our CEC also, Christian Exchange Capacity. What is our ability, individually and collectively the Christian message of Hope, Forgiveness, Accountability, and Love?
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
www.rickemeyer.com
VISION: Go the Extra FIVE miles
“Are you crazy?” inquired the man digging out his vehicle keys.
“YES!” –I answered to this accusation, one of many times over the past four decades. (This accusation is virtually always a sign of being on the path towards great success.)
“No one should be outside in this weather, much less running speed workouts,” replied the heavily dressed concerned citizen.
Many times this past winter I have trained in inclement weather. Most folks asking are those who care, and yet they lack understanding what drives a champion to train in deep snow or double-digit below zero temperatures.
Occasionally, I find myself reflecting upon a run on New Year’s Day 1995. A 20-mile run was scheduled. However, the temperature was 5 below zero with the wind-chill 25 to 30 below zero. Additionally, the depth of the un-cleared snow exceeded the top of my knees! My initial reaction was to decrease the run to 15 miles. After all, it was miserable outside and New Year’s Day – both good excuses – right?
Some suggested I not run at all. However, since my first hunch was to decrease the run 5 miles, I instead chose to increase the run 5 miles. I received tremendous gratification upon completing the 25-mile run in miserable and painful conditions.
“How do you do it?” ask those seeking to understand. Several factors lead to what many consider insane behavior.
One powerful factor is vision. A vision is rich in its minute details involving all five senses. In addition to seeing the vision, one must hear, smell, feel and taste everything imaginable with the vision. An effective vision enables laser focus and to tenaciously keep at it.
An effective vision generates emotions including laughter, tears, even shivers down the spine. Coach Bill "Congo" Congleton frequently repeated, "Your mind cannot tell the difference between a real and imagined event." With an effective vision, your performance hinges upon your desire to create the reality of your vision. This means you either go for what you have imagined, or you choose to avoid temporary discomfort - neglecting your vision.
What is your vision? Your dreams will perish without a vision! With an effective vision, (in any endeavor) you will pass the complacent who travel only the ‘extra mile’. With Vision you will traverse the extra FIVE miles, a 500% increase in performance generated by your effective vision.
Be ready, you may be asked “Are you crazy?” Only if being on the path toward great success means you are crazy. Keep your Vision on Christ!
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
www.rickemeyer.com
“YES!” –I answered to this accusation, one of many times over the past four decades. (This accusation is virtually always a sign of being on the path towards great success.)
“No one should be outside in this weather, much less running speed workouts,” replied the heavily dressed concerned citizen.
Many times this past winter I have trained in inclement weather. Most folks asking are those who care, and yet they lack understanding what drives a champion to train in deep snow or double-digit below zero temperatures.
Occasionally, I find myself reflecting upon a run on New Year’s Day 1995. A 20-mile run was scheduled. However, the temperature was 5 below zero with the wind-chill 25 to 30 below zero. Additionally, the depth of the un-cleared snow exceeded the top of my knees! My initial reaction was to decrease the run to 15 miles. After all, it was miserable outside and New Year’s Day – both good excuses – right?
Some suggested I not run at all. However, since my first hunch was to decrease the run 5 miles, I instead chose to increase the run 5 miles. I received tremendous gratification upon completing the 25-mile run in miserable and painful conditions.
“How do you do it?” ask those seeking to understand. Several factors lead to what many consider insane behavior.
One powerful factor is vision. A vision is rich in its minute details involving all five senses. In addition to seeing the vision, one must hear, smell, feel and taste everything imaginable with the vision. An effective vision enables laser focus and to tenaciously keep at it.
An effective vision generates emotions including laughter, tears, even shivers down the spine. Coach Bill "Congo" Congleton frequently repeated, "Your mind cannot tell the difference between a real and imagined event." With an effective vision, your performance hinges upon your desire to create the reality of your vision. This means you either go for what you have imagined, or you choose to avoid temporary discomfort - neglecting your vision.
What is your vision? Your dreams will perish without a vision! With an effective vision, (in any endeavor) you will pass the complacent who travel only the ‘extra mile’. With Vision you will traverse the extra FIVE miles, a 500% increase in performance generated by your effective vision.
Be ready, you may be asked “Are you crazy?” Only if being on the path toward great success means you are crazy. Keep your Vision on Christ!
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
www.rickemeyer.com
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Creation
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Was the earth created in six days, with the seventh as a day of rest? I have firmly believed in the six days of creation, and certainly resting on the seventh day. Is it a coincidence that as more of society works absent a day of rest, the number of physical and mental illnesses increases? Our bodies and minds are designed to optimize with a day of rest! That is another discussion for writing.
What does the Bible say about Creation? First let’s agree that God is the creator. Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Dr. Gerald L. Schroeder in his book, “The Hidden Face of God: How Science Reveals the Ultimate Truth” defines the Hebrew word Be’reasheet can mean “in the beginning of,” but not “in the beginning.” The Aramaic recognizes Be’reasheet as a compound word: Be’ means “with” while reasheet means “first wisdom.” Consequently the Aramaic translation says, “With wisdom God created the heavens and the earth.”
Let us agree with certainty that God created all with his wisdom! Believe it or not, Christ’s wisdom dwarfs the wisdom of scientists and bishops. In the first day, God created light calling it day, then separated the light from dark; calling the dark, night. The second day God created the sky. Now the third day, he creates land, and the seas. He continues producing vegetation and enabling the plants to reproduce.
To summarize the first three days, God creates light, sky, land, seas and vegetation.
The sun, moon and stars are created in the fourth day to govern the day and the night. This is the twenty-four hour day that we reference. How long were the first three days before the sun, moon and stars were created? I do not know! Is it possible they are longer than 24 hours since the first three days are not governed by the sun and moon? Could this assist in explaining the discrepancy of Biblical time versus Geological time?
Creation originated from God’s wisdom, this wisdom makes the cumulative of man’s wisdom look ridiculous. What is possible with God’s Wisdom? As stated, I claim no answers; rather Biblical based questions to expand our thoughts. All thoughts are to be filtered with scripture; flaws revealed by discrepancies, are not flaws of scripture; rather man’s wisdom.
“With wisdom God created the heavens and the earth.”
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
www.rickemeyer.com
Was the earth created in six days, with the seventh as a day of rest? I have firmly believed in the six days of creation, and certainly resting on the seventh day. Is it a coincidence that as more of society works absent a day of rest, the number of physical and mental illnesses increases? Our bodies and minds are designed to optimize with a day of rest! That is another discussion for writing.
What does the Bible say about Creation? First let’s agree that God is the creator. Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Dr. Gerald L. Schroeder in his book, “The Hidden Face of God: How Science Reveals the Ultimate Truth” defines the Hebrew word Be’reasheet can mean “in the beginning of,” but not “in the beginning.” The Aramaic recognizes Be’reasheet as a compound word: Be’ means “with” while reasheet means “first wisdom.” Consequently the Aramaic translation says, “With wisdom God created the heavens and the earth.”
Let us agree with certainty that God created all with his wisdom! Believe it or not, Christ’s wisdom dwarfs the wisdom of scientists and bishops. In the first day, God created light calling it day, then separated the light from dark; calling the dark, night. The second day God created the sky. Now the third day, he creates land, and the seas. He continues producing vegetation and enabling the plants to reproduce.
To summarize the first three days, God creates light, sky, land, seas and vegetation.
The sun, moon and stars are created in the fourth day to govern the day and the night. This is the twenty-four hour day that we reference. How long were the first three days before the sun, moon and stars were created? I do not know! Is it possible they are longer than 24 hours since the first three days are not governed by the sun and moon? Could this assist in explaining the discrepancy of Biblical time versus Geological time?
Creation originated from God’s wisdom, this wisdom makes the cumulative of man’s wisdom look ridiculous. What is possible with God’s Wisdom? As stated, I claim no answers; rather Biblical based questions to expand our thoughts. All thoughts are to be filtered with scripture; flaws revealed by discrepancies, are not flaws of scripture; rather man’s wisdom.
“With wisdom God created the heavens and the earth.”
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
www.rickemeyer.com
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Water Under a Bridge
"That is water under the bridge." How many times have you heard or uttered this statement? Metaphorically it refers to a past event, there is no turning around, changing the events or repercussions; it is time to move on.
However, this is different than forgiveness! That water is still in the river, still to be found if one moves downstream.
Forgiveness is water under the bridge, down the river, out to sea and evaporated. In other words, that water can no longer be found. Those molecules are separated as far as the East is from the West; which is how the Bible describes God scattering our forgiven sins.
Yes, evaporation is mandatory for your sins and the sins others committed against you. While God scatters our sin as far is the East is from the West, the media and others with evil desires will search the entire river and sea for your sins "under the bridge" if doing so profits them or their friends.
Next time someone harms you physically, emotionally or spiritually go beyond saying it is "water under the bridge." Tell them the water is "under the bridge, out to sea and evaporated; permanently removed and disassembled!"
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
http://www.rickemeyer.com/
However, this is different than forgiveness! That water is still in the river, still to be found if one moves downstream.
Forgiveness is water under the bridge, down the river, out to sea and evaporated. In other words, that water can no longer be found. Those molecules are separated as far as the East is from the West; which is how the Bible describes God scattering our forgiven sins.
Yes, evaporation is mandatory for your sins and the sins others committed against you. While God scatters our sin as far is the East is from the West, the media and others with evil desires will search the entire river and sea for your sins "under the bridge" if doing so profits them or their friends.
Next time someone harms you physically, emotionally or spiritually go beyond saying it is "water under the bridge." Tell them the water is "under the bridge, out to sea and evaporated; permanently removed and disassembled!"
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
http://www.rickemeyer.com/
Saturday, December 18, 2010
If you want to run fast... ~ Lyle Claussen
Hall of Fame coach Lyle Claussen frequently informed his athletes, “If you want to run fast, you have to run fast.”
He also emphasized running a slow and moderate pace. Fast runners, great runners, vary their mileage and pace.
I often joined the UNK (University of Nebraska-Kearney) cross country team for their weekly long recovery run of fourteen to sixteen miles at 6:00 to 7:00 minute pace every Sunday after church. I later increased my mileage to twenty to twenty-eight miles, running with UNK either the first or last sixteen miles significantly enhanced the run. Initially, we exerted a relaxing effort. However, my pace frequently shifted from relaxing to moderate between the fifteenth and twentieth miles.
Workouts on Mondays often consisted of running an up-tempo ten-miler under 5:30 pace, including the final two to four miles under 5:00 pace. On Tuesdays we ran an interval workout such as ten by 1,000 meters. These were fast and tough as little rest occurred between each interval, followed by strides to increase our raw speed.
Wednesdays integrated a moderate run usually between 5:20 and 5:45 pace, and another interval workout on Thursday. The team raced most Saturdays during the cross country season.
The workouts often varied from week to week as well as each day in format and intensity. This variance created strength, speed and flexibility. We stretched after each run. Moreover, these guys became among the best collegiate teams in America.
Are you pursuing greatness? Are you determined to be among the best in America? Are you varying your mileage and pace? Perhaps you avoid running because you lack any desire to run. If so, do you read a variety of topics, written in a variety of depths?
In the past two hours this morning, I read an Opera magazine along with one-hundred pages of a book on Adolph Hitler and various portions of scripture. Even though I lack appreciating Opera, I receive the magazine for a reason unknown to me. At first, I discarded the magazine due to lack of interest. I now read to learn a new topic, expand my vocabulary, and new writing styles. Exploring new frontiers improves my speaking and writing. These materials expand my thought process, while challenging and validating my beliefs.
Challenges of these books include the difficulty of believing horrific reality in reading of Hitler’s antics and beliefs. Even though most remain aware of his many evil actions and directives, this book provides additional depth into his demonic nature. Why read this horror? Human nature repeats throughout history. We either learn from history or repeat history. No one should repeat Hitler’s history!
Our beliefs also receive challenges when reading the Grace, Love and Mercy of our Heavenly Father and the Lord Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. Christ’s death and resurrection for our salvation seemingly epitomizes “too good to be true.” Because God’s love for us extends beyond our comprehension. Fortunately, all is True! Christ died and conquered death for our sins. You and I can believe and proclaim this Good News. The real message behind, “If it seems to good to be true…” resides in our inquisition of motive. We find truth in Christ and salvation because of God’s desire for our joining him in eternal life. The Bible is clear: All things are possible through Christ who strengthens us.
The infamous “too good to be true” false promises originate from evil hearts. Satan the father of lies and deception, engages deceptive motives, and a wrongful harvest of gain. Someone wants to run fast, without running fast. Rather they desire running fast because someone else ran fast. In other word, their promise and desire to run fast hinges on the false promise of laziness, envy, jealousy and greed.
Alter, your cerebral workouts. Challenge your mind with new topics and vocabulary. Just as a runner continually seeks greater speed and strength, seek greater depth and breadth of Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding.
Perform “strides” to increase your mental quickness in resolving challenges, improving your raw mental speed.
If you want to run fast, you have to run fast!
Let's continually improve our ability and willingness to run fast in our faith (1 Co 9:24-25), finishing strongly (2 Timothy 4:7). Let's diligently, deeply and urgently study the word of God and engage in prayer, increasing the strength and speed of our faith.
Let us also remember that just like great runners, we must also slow down. Faith training also emphasizes the need to regularly schedule workouts when we slow down and listen to God and the needs of His people.
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve--Running Fast--with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
www.rickemeyer.com
He also emphasized running a slow and moderate pace. Fast runners, great runners, vary their mileage and pace.
I often joined the UNK (University of Nebraska-Kearney) cross country team for their weekly long recovery run of fourteen to sixteen miles at 6:00 to 7:00 minute pace every Sunday after church. I later increased my mileage to twenty to twenty-eight miles, running with UNK either the first or last sixteen miles significantly enhanced the run. Initially, we exerted a relaxing effort. However, my pace frequently shifted from relaxing to moderate between the fifteenth and twentieth miles.
Workouts on Mondays often consisted of running an up-tempo ten-miler under 5:30 pace, including the final two to four miles under 5:00 pace. On Tuesdays we ran an interval workout such as ten by 1,000 meters. These were fast and tough as little rest occurred between each interval, followed by strides to increase our raw speed.
Wednesdays integrated a moderate run usually between 5:20 and 5:45 pace, and another interval workout on Thursday. The team raced most Saturdays during the cross country season.
The workouts often varied from week to week as well as each day in format and intensity. This variance created strength, speed and flexibility. We stretched after each run. Moreover, these guys became among the best collegiate teams in America.
Are you pursuing greatness? Are you determined to be among the best in America? Are you varying your mileage and pace? Perhaps you avoid running because you lack any desire to run. If so, do you read a variety of topics, written in a variety of depths?
In the past two hours this morning, I read an Opera magazine along with one-hundred pages of a book on Adolph Hitler and various portions of scripture. Even though I lack appreciating Opera, I receive the magazine for a reason unknown to me. At first, I discarded the magazine due to lack of interest. I now read to learn a new topic, expand my vocabulary, and new writing styles. Exploring new frontiers improves my speaking and writing. These materials expand my thought process, while challenging and validating my beliefs.
Challenges of these books include the difficulty of believing horrific reality in reading of Hitler’s antics and beliefs. Even though most remain aware of his many evil actions and directives, this book provides additional depth into his demonic nature. Why read this horror? Human nature repeats throughout history. We either learn from history or repeat history. No one should repeat Hitler’s history!
Our beliefs also receive challenges when reading the Grace, Love and Mercy of our Heavenly Father and the Lord Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. Christ’s death and resurrection for our salvation seemingly epitomizes “too good to be true.” Because God’s love for us extends beyond our comprehension. Fortunately, all is True! Christ died and conquered death for our sins. You and I can believe and proclaim this Good News. The real message behind, “If it seems to good to be true…” resides in our inquisition of motive. We find truth in Christ and salvation because of God’s desire for our joining him in eternal life. The Bible is clear: All things are possible through Christ who strengthens us.
The infamous “too good to be true” false promises originate from evil hearts. Satan the father of lies and deception, engages deceptive motives, and a wrongful harvest of gain. Someone wants to run fast, without running fast. Rather they desire running fast because someone else ran fast. In other word, their promise and desire to run fast hinges on the false promise of laziness, envy, jealousy and greed.
Alter, your cerebral workouts. Challenge your mind with new topics and vocabulary. Just as a runner continually seeks greater speed and strength, seek greater depth and breadth of Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding.
Perform “strides” to increase your mental quickness in resolving challenges, improving your raw mental speed.
If you want to run fast, you have to run fast!
Let's continually improve our ability and willingness to run fast in our faith (1 Co 9:24-25), finishing strongly (2 Timothy 4:7). Let's diligently, deeply and urgently study the word of God and engage in prayer, increasing the strength and speed of our faith.
Let us also remember that just like great runners, we must also slow down. Faith training also emphasizes the need to regularly schedule workouts when we slow down and listen to God and the needs of His people.
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve--Running Fast--with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
www.rickemeyer.com
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Goal Setting and Achieving Seminar
GOAL SETTING AND ACHIEVING
Take the Leap to Greatness; on your Mark, get Set, Goal!
Improve health, happiness and relationships through effective goal setting, achieving and communication.
2011 is upon us, Are your GOALS set?
Are You, Your Team and Community Set to Achieve defined 2011 GOALS?
“Anyone can set GOALS, Achieving them is another matter!”
~ Rick E. Meyer
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Rick Meyer of See, Believe, Achieve Inc. GOAL program offers power packed, fun and informative Time Proven Fundamentals and Principles of GOAL Setting and Achieving. Rick leaves the teaching of “Secrets” to the speakers and trainers mastering in ‘snake oil’ and ‘fool’s gold.’
Digging for your Gold Mine of Greatness, requires ageless Principles of Achievement, determination and persistence, like digging for real gold mines.
Rick, a business owner, has run over 105,000 miles, defeating the world’s #1 and #4 ranked marathoners, assisting dozens of All-American athletes and consulting for corporations; defines GOAL:
Greatness
Occurs
After
Leaping
Frequently we are instructed to “Write down our Goals.”
Participants will learn KEY locations, methods and verbiage of writing GOALS. Vividly Illustrated Principles include:
· Determining Your GOALS
· Prioritizing GOALS
· Communicating GOALS to your TEAM
· Placing GOALS
· Storing GOALS
· Recalling GOALS
· Seven Questions of GOAL Achievement
· How do we convert GOAL into $$$$$$$$$$
Contact See, Believe, Achieve Inc today to schedule your Leap to Greatness! (866) 984-7425 or rick@rickemeyer.com This is available in pdf form upon request.
"Rick, I think it is excellent." Retired Fortune 500 V.P. of Marketing
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
http://www.rickemeyer.com/
Take the Leap to Greatness; on your Mark, get Set, Goal!
Improve health, happiness and relationships through effective goal setting, achieving and communication.
2011 is upon us, Are your GOALS set?
Are You, Your Team and Community Set to Achieve defined 2011 GOALS?
“Anyone can set GOALS, Achieving them is another matter!”
~ Rick E. Meyer
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Rick Meyer of See, Believe, Achieve Inc. GOAL program offers power packed, fun and informative Time Proven Fundamentals and Principles of GOAL Setting and Achieving. Rick leaves the teaching of “Secrets” to the speakers and trainers mastering in ‘snake oil’ and ‘fool’s gold.’
Digging for your Gold Mine of Greatness, requires ageless Principles of Achievement, determination and persistence, like digging for real gold mines.
Rick, a business owner, has run over 105,000 miles, defeating the world’s #1 and #4 ranked marathoners, assisting dozens of All-American athletes and consulting for corporations; defines GOAL:
Greatness
Occurs
After
Leaping
Frequently we are instructed to “Write down our Goals.”
Participants will learn KEY locations, methods and verbiage of writing GOALS. Vividly Illustrated Principles include:
· Determining Your GOALS
· Prioritizing GOALS
· Communicating GOALS to your TEAM
· Placing GOALS
· Storing GOALS
· Recalling GOALS
· Seven Questions of GOAL Achievement
· How do we convert GOAL into $$$$$$$$$$
Contact See, Believe, Achieve Inc today to schedule your Leap to Greatness! (866) 984-7425 or rick@rickemeyer.com This is available in pdf form upon request.
"Rick, I think it is excellent." Retired Fortune 500 V.P. of Marketing
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
http://www.rickemeyer.com/
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Deep Water Purposes
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
“The purposes of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.” Proverbs 20:5
Have you had strong purposes in your heart, but are unable to articulate those purposes or maybe you are unsure how to achieve or implement the purpose(s). As we visited about yesterday, deep waters can be dark, murky and/or stale. These dark waters often contain algae, mud, fauna and whatever else, hampering the clarity of our purposes, lack of clarity hinders fully defining the purposes. When our purposes are hidden in deep waters, we are frustrated in expecting the greatness, while the uncertainty remains.
The Bible, the pure Word of God, says a man of understanding is able to draw out our purposes. Who are men of understanding? They are men (and women) in your life who are in the Word, praying, fellowshipping with other believers, and worshipping our Lord. They set-up pumps, through conversation, that draw and filter your deep waters, your deep thoughts. The murkiness and residue of doubt, complacency and whatever else are removed; light illuminates your purified water, displaying your clarified purposes.
Find a friend of understanding, draw out your purposes from deep water; clarifying them to achieve God’s Will for your life.
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
www.rickemeyer.com
“The purposes of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.” Proverbs 20:5
Have you had strong purposes in your heart, but are unable to articulate those purposes or maybe you are unsure how to achieve or implement the purpose(s). As we visited about yesterday, deep waters can be dark, murky and/or stale. These dark waters often contain algae, mud, fauna and whatever else, hampering the clarity of our purposes, lack of clarity hinders fully defining the purposes. When our purposes are hidden in deep waters, we are frustrated in expecting the greatness, while the uncertainty remains.
The Bible, the pure Word of God, says a man of understanding is able to draw out our purposes. Who are men of understanding? They are men (and women) in your life who are in the Word, praying, fellowshipping with other believers, and worshipping our Lord. They set-up pumps, through conversation, that draw and filter your deep waters, your deep thoughts. The murkiness and residue of doubt, complacency and whatever else are removed; light illuminates your purified water, displaying your clarified purposes.
Find a friend of understanding, draw out your purposes from deep water; clarifying them to achieve God’s Will for your life.
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
www.rickemeyer.com
Transpiration
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Are you familiar with the term, “Transpiration?” Transpiration is when water, which is brought up by the roots, is released from the plant into the atmosphere; through the plant’s stomata. The stomata cells in plants allow for the release of gasses, including water from the plant. The drier the surrounding air, the greater the rate of transpiration. Similarly, transpiration decreases with greater humidity.
My old Soil Physics book states most crop plants use less than 10% of the water uptake for direct vegetative or grain production. The other 90% to 99% is released into the air surrounding the plant, as well as the entire atmosphere.
Transpired water is water held in the soil profile after getting there either as groundwater, rain or irrigation. The water is drawn up by the plant roots into the plant where a portion is used for photosynthesis, as well enabling the plant to stand up and its leaves to reach out. In drought conditions the atmosphere is asking for more water than the plant is taking in from the soil, the plant protects itself, enter self preservation mode, by curling its leaves and closing its stomata.
Additionally, once the soil water becomes too low; this water is no longer available for uptake into the plant. The plant is deprived of growing, producing and giving to the atmosphere.
Consider God is created everything, using the same Wisdom for all of creation; we are able gain great insight of God in examining his creation. Scripture states that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. This affords us confidence in knowing God’s love, mercy, grace, forgiveness, and laws of creation and the universe are constant; even if they are beyond our comprehension.
We have discussed how Christ the Rock is transformed into our productive soil, and deep, loam soil allows for the best water and nutrient holding capacity. We have visited about our need and benefit of being rooted in the soil, life generating substance, of Christ. What are we able to learn from the plants growing and producing on these soils?
Daily uptake of our Baptismal water through prayer, scripture (The Word), fellowship and worship enables us to stand up and reach out. We, like the plant, should take up enough additional water that we give away 90% of our Spirit Filled enthusiasm, love, mercy, grace, and forgiveness to the world around us. We too, like the plants, begin closing up to the world, enter self preservation mode, giving away less; when demand exceeds uptake. We, like the plants are unable to uptake this water once the water levels are present but too low.
Our ground water is our relationship with Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Our rain water is prayer, devotion, and the Word. Our irrigation is worship and fellowship. If our soil water supply lacks, our productivity and generosity will be depleted.
Attain water, uptake water, produce and give. Share the Good News of Jesus Christ this Christmas and all year long!
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
www.rickemeyer.com
Are you familiar with the term, “Transpiration?” Transpiration is when water, which is brought up by the roots, is released from the plant into the atmosphere; through the plant’s stomata. The stomata cells in plants allow for the release of gasses, including water from the plant. The drier the surrounding air, the greater the rate of transpiration. Similarly, transpiration decreases with greater humidity.
My old Soil Physics book states most crop plants use less than 10% of the water uptake for direct vegetative or grain production. The other 90% to 99% is released into the air surrounding the plant, as well as the entire atmosphere.
Transpired water is water held in the soil profile after getting there either as groundwater, rain or irrigation. The water is drawn up by the plant roots into the plant where a portion is used for photosynthesis, as well enabling the plant to stand up and its leaves to reach out. In drought conditions the atmosphere is asking for more water than the plant is taking in from the soil, the plant protects itself, enter self preservation mode, by curling its leaves and closing its stomata.
Additionally, once the soil water becomes too low; this water is no longer available for uptake into the plant. The plant is deprived of growing, producing and giving to the atmosphere.
Consider God is created everything, using the same Wisdom for all of creation; we are able gain great insight of God in examining his creation. Scripture states that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. This affords us confidence in knowing God’s love, mercy, grace, forgiveness, and laws of creation and the universe are constant; even if they are beyond our comprehension.
We have discussed how Christ the Rock is transformed into our productive soil, and deep, loam soil allows for the best water and nutrient holding capacity. We have visited about our need and benefit of being rooted in the soil, life generating substance, of Christ. What are we able to learn from the plants growing and producing on these soils?
Daily uptake of our Baptismal water through prayer, scripture (The Word), fellowship and worship enables us to stand up and reach out. We, like the plant, should take up enough additional water that we give away 90% of our Spirit Filled enthusiasm, love, mercy, grace, and forgiveness to the world around us. We too, like the plants, begin closing up to the world, enter self preservation mode, giving away less; when demand exceeds uptake. We, like the plants are unable to uptake this water once the water levels are present but too low.
Our ground water is our relationship with Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Our rain water is prayer, devotion, and the Word. Our irrigation is worship and fellowship. If our soil water supply lacks, our productivity and generosity will be depleted.
Attain water, uptake water, produce and give. Share the Good News of Jesus Christ this Christmas and all year long!
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
www.rickemeyer.com
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