Deploying the Power of the Present

Welcome to this month of April. In this post, we are looking at how we can deploy the power of the present to achieve great success in life. 

The power of the present lies in what we do today. It is so unfortunate that, more often than not, we fritter away time and opportunities due to our own frivolity and hedonistic lifestyle.

It is okay to relax, it is okay to rest. Rest recuperates. Rest invigorates. But when rest stretches beyond the normal to idleness, then, we are no longer resting but abusing the power of the present.

If we are to be prosecuted in court for time wasting, at the end of the trial, the weight of evidence against us will be so overwhelming that the judge will not hesitate to convict us of time wasting.

But wait a minute, since nothing is an offence which is not coded in our law, no one will prosecute you for time wasting. Neither is this article written to pass judgment on you for time wasting.

However, because of the importance of time, it is needful that we constantly remind ourselves of it, and be up and doing. As it is often said, “Time waits for no one.”

The Past is Gone

“There is no power in the past or in the future,” says successful power blogger, Steve Pavlina, “only in the present moment.”

We cannot rewind or bring back the past. The past is gone. All our successes and failures have gone by. While we may recall our past successes and failures, we cannot bring back the hand of the clock.

Since we cannot bring back the past, it is pointless to keep focusing on the past. Our greatest regrets in life are not the mistakes we have made in the past, but those opportunities that we fail to take advantage of.

If we must achieve outstanding success in life, we should stop dwelling in the past. Dwelling in the past has a way of tripping us and causing us to fall by the way side. Focusing on the past can either cause us to be complacent and frivolous or cause to us to regret over our past failures.

The fact is, no matter how much we worry about the past, the past has gone, we cannot retrieve it. It is therefore unwise to keep fussing over it. Fussing over the past is as time wasting as doing nothing to move us forward. “There is no power in the past; only in the present moment.”

Paul’s Example

Saint Paul, a combatant in the Lord’s army, advised any person who wishes to be a victor in the battles of life to stop focusing on the past. In his words, “…forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before. I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” (Phil. 3:13-14)

If Paul’s past record is anything to go by, we may conclude that he is beyond redemption. By his past record, he was a murderer and a persecutor. But after his unforgettable encounter with Jesus which led to his repentance, he realized that since God was no longer imputing his sins to him, it was unwise of him to keep regretting over his past failures.

Paul did not allow his past to drag him back. The lesson here is: To be victorious in life, we must not only repent of our sins, mistakes and failures, we must equally forgive ourselves and forget the past.

Paul’s focus was on “reaching forth unto those things which are before.” To this end, he utilized the power of the present by continuously “pressing towards the mark of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”

He was so conscious of the power of the present that he once declared: “For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!” (1Cor 9:16).

Your own calling may not be missionary work, but whatever be your calling, to achieve outstanding success in life, you must forget your past achievements, failures and shortcomings, and start doing something everyday, no matter how little, to keep moving forward.

Tomorrow is Powerless

 Just as there is no power in the present, there is no power in the future. Tomorrow is uncertain. Just as it it pointless dwelling in the past, it is equally pointless dwelling in the future.

Jimmy Lyons said: “Tomorrow is the only day in the year that appeals to a lazy man.”

People who dwell in the future rarely make progress. This is because they always procrastinate. Procrastinating means putting till tomorrow what you are supposed to do today. If we keep putting till tomorrow what we are supposed to do today, we may end up never doing it. Procrastination, they say, is a thief of time.

If you must fulfill your destiny, one of the enemies you must deal with is procrastination. Note that the tomorrow we talked about yesterday is today. So, today is what matters most.

The present Moment is the Ultimate

Pastor Femi Emmanuel, founder of Living Spring Chapel International, said: “Yesterday is gone, tomorrow is uncertain, what you really have is TODAY and if you wisely spend today, the fear of tomorrow’s uncertainty would have been well taken care of.”

Unlike yesterday and tomorrow, today is powerful. The power of today lies in what we do today. You are alive today because God is giving you the time and opportunities to fulfill your destiny. Today is what you really have. Whether you will make it in life or not, depends on what you do today.

HENRY LONGFELLOW SAID: “THE HEIGHT THAT GREAT MEN REACHED AND KEPT WERE NOT ATTAINED BY SUDDEN FLIGHT, BUT THEY, WHILE THEIR COMPANION SLEPT, TOILED UPWARD IN THE NIGHT.”

Dear friend, the greatest risk you will ever incur is the risk of failure to seize the power of the present. Will you let the time and opportunities God is bringing your way to slip through your fingers? Or will you start seizing the opportunities that come your way each day?

“PEOPLE BOUND FOR GREATNESS,” SAYS, LES BROWN, A RENOWNED INTERNATIONAL MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER AND AUTHOR, “JUMP OUT OF BED TO EMBRACE THE MORNING.”

Make sure you are taking steps forward. Make sure you are not stagnant. A little effort you exert this very moment can go a long way in producing outstanding results for you.

As I round off, I leave you with the immortal words of the great Catholic Nun, Mother Theresa: “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only TODAY. Let us begin.”

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