When we are more afraid of staying the same than making a radical change, then we will act. If a doctor informs an individual that she must make dietary revisions due to her current health or meet an untimely end to life as she knows it, she will readily recognize that as the wake-up call. The reality of the ultimatum becomes the catalyst to instigate change in her life. No more hitting the snooze button.

Most of us know what we need to do but lack the motivation, commitment, or resources to follow through. We make excuses, explain away our lack of action---deep down hoping that the necessary change will just magically appear with minimal effort from ourselves. We have convinced ourselves that “someday” is sufficient for change and await that day where everything aligns and this unstoppable force rushes in placing us on the path to a better self.

The truth is that most of us will rationalize our poor choices, destructive habits, and passivity to action until we come face to face with a wake-up call. It shakes our world and causes us to have to address the giant of necessary change standing square in front of us. The days of apathy, rationalization, and inaction are cast aside with a conscious decision to accept the call for transformation. We rise up, alert and prepared for action!

What wake-up call awaits our acknowledgement?

“This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: “I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life.” Ezekiel 37:5

(Excerpt taken from Daily Dose of Intention by Shagae Jones)

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