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Do or Do Not... There is No Try

Do or Do Not... There is No Try

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 I feel like the only issue we have with reaching a goal sits within our effort... I know that can feel a little unfair - but with all the times I have seen persistence win, or perseverance, or patience win the day... Could it be that we are giving ourselves too much "room" for failure? Today we talk about... Do or Do Not... There is no try.   Listen on Spotify Or iTunes or Youtube Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/leading-from-the-edge   Want to know more? Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/leadingfromtheedge/ Join the conversation on my website: http://www.leadinfromtheedge.net     SHOW NOTES         Before I begin I want to share a testimony and an apology  I have been absent for the past month getting ready for our first camp… and it was amazing!!! I will be putting a video together, but let me say that the families that were here had such an encounter with the Lord that we believe it will forever be a part of their lives!   Todays leadership podcast is titled…   Do or do not - there is no try   I am not a big Star Wars guy LOVE Star Trek - shout out to my dad on that one   But there is a figure in the Star Wars saga of a teacher, a creature that teaches the young Luke Skywalker how to use the fullness of his abilities… and in this particular scene, Luke says that he can’t do something (that Yoda the teacher KNOWS he can)… Actually Luke says Alright - I will give it a try Yoda says no… try NOT   Do or do not, there is no try…. That is the theme of todays session on leadership   I have been blessed to group coach an amazing set of young men at the church over the last few months.  When I say amazing, I mean young men who WANT to honor God, become better men and prepare for Gods future for them.  These guys sacrifice half a day a month to learn about how to be a purposeful, godly man and they seem to enjoy it Ha ha  In these meeting we are talking about a LOT of things from knowing themeselvws and how God designed them    To knowing WHO God has placed in ther lives and their responsibilities to them   Even into discipleship and discipline  But we hit the wall on something as a group concerning discipline    It’s a wall that is super common among men -  prob common amount  everyone   The wall is the space between what we want to do  and what we actually do!   Paul writes it this way Romans 7:15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I..   IN other words The things I want to do - I don’t The things I don’t want to do - I find myself doing   When Paul writes this - we can feel his pain! We know that feeling of doing what we don’t want to do, abd not doing what we know to do!   But I feel like we make the words of Paul a get out of jail free card.    Paul wasn’t declaring surrender or defeat, it was voicing what is likely the biggest battle that we will face.     Doing what we know to do   When we look at the life of Paul, there were many things that he obviously overcame -  denying the flesh,  living a life of servantude to the Lord Sacrificing his life for the call     But as Christians - well we play around with sin.   Instead of “warring” against our flesh or our desires... we accept them.     Or worse - we just “try” to change them    Why do I use the word Try   Well that is where I realized the wall that these young men were hitting.     And it’s not unique to them We all use this word... try   So in one of my charges I shared  that spending time with the Lord on a daily basis  is the FIRST and MOST IMPORTANT step of a  foundational walk with the Lord.     That at the minimum they should be having a daily walk with the Lord - r eading the word,  praying and listening to the Holy Sporit.     When we went around the room to declare our actions steps    I heard several say “I’m going to try to wad my Bible everyday”...   And it hit me I “try” a lot of things I try to lose weight  I try to eat healthy  I try to be a good example to my kids I try to love my wife the way Christ would   And in all those areas I have accepted a “failure” rate  or at Best the  “good enough level”     I mean why is that?  Why is it that we give ourselves safeties -   I will only have Taco Bell once a week   My wife just made a decision that blows me away -  Not going to tell you what it is - but it reminds me of the promise I made Years ago that I wasn’t going to have Taco Bell for a whole year. Believe it or not - I did it and it was HARD But New Years eve I picked up Taco Bell and ate it after midnight Seriously     It’s like we don’t want to look at ourselves in the mirror and consider ourselves failures  Of anything that we attempt to do that we don’t get it done completely.    So instead of seeing a failure, we avoid it by throwing the word try in there.   But let me give you some of the dangers of the ...
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