Lessons on Walking On Water

Sometimes we all need to make that decision on whether to go with everyone on the same boat or to simply walk on water.

The greatest hindrance in life is possibly fear, fear of drowning in life, fear of being left alone and fear of never being strong enough to stand the storms or waves of life. Life is a stretch of sea that goes on and one and you never know where it really stops until you die to go to the next level. In an ocean one can take any direction and it can lead you to anywhere else. There comes a time in life when you need to make a decision to go up the mountain to see your vision. The only problem is that everyone around you might be in a hurry to cross the sea of life and go. You then have to make a decision, to go with them in the same boat or to achieve what you have to in life. Very few people can make that decision. Sometimes there are no partners around you to go with you up the mountain so you have to go at it alone. If you find a partner who is willing to go with you up the mountain then remember you are blessed.

The thing about going at it alone or believing that God will be there for you is that when you want to cross the sea of life, sometimes you cannot see what is in front of you. It is usually dark but if you hold true to your vision there will be light in your spirit after all, the spirit of a person is the candle of God. What we need to realize is that it’s not what we see in front of us, it’s what we see inside of us. The greatest visionaries of our time stood at the shore of life in which all seemed dark. The Wright brothers, Ford, Mother Theresa, Abraham Lincoln, Mandela all stood at the shore and looked beyond the darkness of the world but saw the light of their visions. When the vision makes sense to you inside your heart and minds, it is easier to implement. Simply write the vision down and make it plain. Plan each step in your mind so that when you start walking you step the right way. Most people plan to cross the sea of life but have no idea where to step; instead they start walking but get lost in the many possibilities in life. Too many options can lead you to moving in circles.

As you stand on the shore of the sea of life, you will be alone but if you have a partner in life then that person is yours for real. Everyone else might have gotten into the boat of life and you think you are left to die. You might hear stories on how they have already bought their cars, bought their houses, had children and achieved all these other things and there you are all alone seemingly with nothing. You should not despair because it’s not every boat that arrives where it goes or that is what it seems. You should be sure of where you want to go, so that when you step on the waters you move in the right direction. You never walk by sight but by faith and faith is belief and action. In other words you implement your plans according to how you understand and believe in them, surely you will get there. Without fear step into the sea of life and start moving, do not turn back. Life is short, if you spend too much of your time looking back you might turn into salt or just move in circles and never get anyway. My greatest advice to you is do not build your character to be like the environment, but build your character to lead the environment.

When you are walking on water be sure where you step, the seas of life can be treacherous and you might drown. Be cautious but not too much, be a risk taker but do not kill your dreams. Love as much as you can but never expect anything back. There will be waves that will surround you or threaten your progress, hold on to the vision because sooner or later you will catch up. In time those who left you, will soon think you are something unnatural. They will call you a genius, a spirit or simply amazing. Sooner or later they will be amazed on how you managed to catch up with them and might pass you. The race is not for the swift but for those who plan and their confidence is in God.

Finally, when you walk on water, don’t be afraid to encourage others. If they are drowning offer a hand but do not drown with them. Keep them close for humanity’s sake but not too close that it kills your dream. Life is a gift and the walk on water is a way to unwrap the gift. Always do what you can but keep your sight on the target, after all you will arrive if you believe and act. I have never seen the righteous forsaken, those whose steps are led never misstep. Those who keep the law of life in their hearts will not stumble to fall but will be encouraged to take greater steps.

Winston is the author of several books. His breakthrough book was “You Have All Been Fooled”, a book about power, ability, and sheer determination in life. Available on the following
You Have All Been Fooled at Amazon
You Have All Been Fooled at Author’s Page
Winston’s other books include the following
Four Reasons Why Absolute World Peace is Impossible With Humans
The Spark of Life, Success and Relationships
The Book of Revelation Series

Why We Don’t Act

Most of the time we are champions in believing but specialists in failure, as a result we understand the problems better than the solutions and in the end we never act.

Problem Definition
The definition that you attribute to something derives meaning to your life. It’s easy to see that humans are specialists in defining the problem, sometimes it’s the only we seem to know. Whether its politics or business most people get ahead in life simply by stating the problems that other people have then they call it competition, or in some cases we state the problem and we attribute that to be the reason why we cannot achieve something or attempt anything. What we normally do not understand is that there is no such thing as a problem in the sense that we define problems. What actually exists, are doors that need to be opened. We then think the effort of opening those doors is the definition of problem. Instead of seeing the door we define the door as an obstacle in our way yet it’s the solution to entering into what you want. For example if a person wants to start a business, not having capital is not a problem, it is the door that open the business. Instead of focusing on not being able to open the door we should focus on how to open the door.

Values
What you value the most defines what you are prepared to do in order to get mileage in life. The word focus simply defines how we concentrate on what we value. Until something becomes important or an emergency most people will not pursue it. People will say things like I work better under pressure which is a lie, the actual truth is that they did not value the objective at the previous time and only when it is at the last moment do they realize the value of what they want. So in most cases the things that become important to people can only become important when they are scarce, its an emergency or they have no other choice that is when the value goes up. Before any of these conditions are actually fulfilled, most people will just sit and wait. So consequently most people do not act on their dreams because the vision has not attained value to them as yet, they still have too many choices. The people that get ahead in life are able to understand value in the absence of emergencies, scarcities or even realized importance.

Fear
Fear is overrated and underrated. Fear exists as the consequence of the absence of security. Where there is no security most people will not act or where their lives or livelihood is threatened most people will rather not act. In all this fear is the biggest door to opportunity but most people will never open the door. It is the bridge that stand between prosperity and poverty but how many are willing to cross it, only one percent of the earth actually understand that. Fear can be conquered by simply working on the solution. Once one has the solution then fear is an open door of success. Where there was nothing a city can be built the moment fear is defeated.
Because We Can
In the end the reason why we do not act is because we have the ability not to act. In other words we do not act because we choose not to act, we always have that choice and we take it because we can. We should never give ourselves that choice not to pursue our dreams. The fervent prayer is answered, men ought to pray all the time, consistency breeds constancy; these are all sayings that promote the very fact that we must never stop to act. We must do what it takes but wisely. Sometimes we are able to leap over mountains but in some cases we need to climb the ladders step by step.

We are champions in believing but we can also be in champions in acting.

Winston is the author of several books. His breakthrough book was “You Have All Been Fooled”, a book about power, ability, and sheer determination in life. Available on the following
You Have All Been Fooled at Amazon
You Have All Been Fooled at Author’s Page
Winston’s other books include the following
Four Reasons Why Absolute World Peace is Impossible With Humans
The Spark of Life, Success and Relationships
The Book of Revelation Series