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“Though I have fallen, I will rise” (Micah 7:8, NIV).
One author writes: ‘Grit is passion and perseverance for long-term goals. It’s a marathon, not a sprint…You’re not just running, but getting hit along the way.
Grit keeps you moving forward through the sting of rejection, pain of failure and struggle with adversity.
When life knocks you down, you may want to stay down and give up, but grit won’t let you quit…True grit starts with knowing what you truly want.
When you know what you want and you can see it, you’ll work hard and persevere to achieve it. True grit is also driven by clarity of mind, purpose, passion, optimism, faith, love, hope and quite honestly – stubbornness.
Knowing your why, refusing to give up, ignoring the critics, believing the possible, loving what you do and showing up day in and day out keeps you on the path towards your vision.
There’s something inside each of us that wants to feel worthy and be someone of value…The truth is not everyone will share your vision and believe in your project.
But always remember that the circumstances around you and the opinion of others don’t create or define you. Life is never created from the outside in.
You create life from the inside out. The grit and spirit you possess on the inside will create the life you experience on the outside. If you have a vision, keep it alive. Remember your purpose. Show up every day and do the work.’
John Quincy Adams said, ‘Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear.’ So, get up, keep going, and you will succeed.
“Jesus…leads us and makes our faith complete” (Hebrews 12:2, CEV).
A Sunday school teacher was telling how Jonah disobeyed God and ended up being swallowed by a big fish. For three days, he cried out from the depths of the ocean, and after three days and nights, God ordered the fish to spit him up on the beach.
Afterwards, the teacher asked the class what they had learned, and a little boy piped up, ‘It just goes to prove that you can’t keep a good man down.’
David said, “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord…Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the Lord upholds him” (Psalm 37:23-24, NKJV).
When your dreams and plans get rained out, stay focused and “run with perseverance” (Hebrews 12:1 NIV).
Winston Churchill said, “The nose of the bulldog slants backward, so that he can breathe in comfort without letting go.”
When you focus on something, you empower and give it momentum; that’s why Satan wants you to concentrate on things that don’t matter. Jesus looked beyond the cross. He focused on what lay on the other side of it.
The Bible tells us to fix “our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith” (Hebrews 12:2 NIV). God doesn’t pay by the week; he pays at the end. We will be rewarded based on how we finish, not how we start.
Paul says, “These troubles and sufferings…won’t last very long. Yet…result in God’s richest blessing upon us forever” (2 Corinthians 4:17, TLB). So, stay focused – and keep on going!
By Alfred Nyamekye
