Quiet Steady Action

Goal setting is great when you’re enthusiastic about the goal.  What if you’re not excited about a goal, project, or task that needs to be accomplished?  What if the goal is a difficult task that you really don’t want to do?

I completed a work-related goal today.  Right now I have a great sense of accomplishment because the project/task took a long time, and now it’s done.  I won’t go into the details, and the details don’t really matter.  The point is that I really experienced an important principle about goal setting… rather, goal accomplishment.  It is the result of quiet steady action.

As I look back about a year ago, I remember facing the daily temptation to forego steady action, telling myself I would work on the project/task when I had a lot of time to devote to it.  Well, I could see that my “wait until I have time” strategy was not going to get it done.  I decided to do a little bit each day and I scheduled time on my calendar.  I made a little tent sign for my desk that said “10 minutes a day” (see my blogpost of that title).  With my steady action, I accomplished the goal on the exact day that I needed to accomplish it!  (Thank you, Lord!)

Quiet steady action is a great approach to achieve goals, especially difficult goals that could end up on the back burner of priorities.  I believe (and experienced) that steady action is a marvelous way to avoid stress, disappointment, and a sense of being overwhelmed.  I may not see immediate results, as I would if I poured all of my energy into the task and completed it quickly, but eventually, with steady action, the results appear, and the accomplishment is no less significant.  (Not everything has to be a huge stressful effort that consumes all of your energy and time, leaving you drained and tired!)

Have any of your 2017 goals moved to the back burner because they are difficult or you just don't want to do it?  As you move forward with your goals, see if you need to make a change and embrace a new strategy – quiet steady action – to assure goal accomplishment.

I’m keeping up with steady action of memorizing Bible verses… I have memorized a total of 40 verses!  Read these verses out loud:

Romans 8:24-25 (NLT):

24- We were given this hope when we were saved.

       (If we already have something, we don't need

       to hope for it.

25- But if we look forward to something we don't

      have yet, we must wait patiently and confidently.)

      (Emphasis added.)

Devotion

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.  John 3:16

Prayer:

Lord, thank you for helping me daily and giving me strength and motivation to accomplish what I need to do.  Thank you for helping me to accomplish the year-long goal that I completed today.  You helped me to take quiet steady action that gave me peace in the process.  I am reminded today, with this verse, how much you love us.  Thank you for the assurance of salvation through Jesus Christ.  In His name, Amen.

© 2017 Linda Lijewski