Eliminating Excusesনমুনা

Don't miss any more opportunities

Have you missed out on certain opportunities in your life because of excuses?

Many times, we miss out on incredible experiences because, as human beings, we are full of insecurities, questions, or excuses that prevent us from having certain experiences. We have thoughts like: "I can't, I'm not ready for this", "It's not the right time for this in my life" or "I don't feel capable of doing this thing I have in my hands... it should be for someone else, but not for me".

Surely we have all felt like Moses at one time or another. In today's reading, we see some of the answers God gives him after he asks him to do something that, for Moses, was out of his reach. Moses thought that what God was calling him to do was beyond his ability and capacity. He responds to God with many excuses: "And who am I? What if they don't listen to me? I don't know how to speak. I'm not the right person.”

Excuses tend to flow out of our mouths easily and produce nothing but limits and frustrations. There are psychological studies on common responses that those who feel they cannot make progress or who feel insecure in the face of something challenging often have. Some examples of these responses are:

• "I don't know if I can do it".
• "I don't have time in my life for this”.
• "I don't know how to do it”.
• "It's not the time for me".
• "I'm too young”.
• "I'm too old”.

Do you identify with any of these phrases? I invite you to analyse your heart and the excuses you made for the incredible opportunities that came your way. Maybe they were experiences you could have enjoyed, but you made excuses without realising it.

It wasn't the enemy that shut you out of those opportunities, it was your own excuses that limited you. With this revelation, what are you going to do from this day forward? Are you more committed to your excuses or to what God wants to do in your life and through you?

God has great opportunities for you. It's time to remove the excuses and embrace what God gives you!

Prayer: God, thank you for not paying attention to my excuses. Thank you for seeing the potential you put in me. Lord, I ask you to challenge me, to give me the courage to act, and to help me not to waste the opportunities you put in front of me. Help me to remove all the excuses that limit me. Amen.