2 Chronicles 31:21 · World English Bible
In every work that he began in the service of God’s house, in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
What a person gives to a thing with their whole heart is the only part of it that ever compounds. Holding part of yourself back is a decision made before the work starts, and it sets the ceiling on everything after.
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What a person gives to a thing with their whole heart is the only part of it that ever compounds.
Holding part of yourself back is a decision made before the work starts, and it sets the ceiling on everything after. A man who keeps ten percent in reserve believes the thing may not be worth all of him; that belief lowers his state, a lowered state makes hedged action feel reasonable, and hedged action returns the modest proof that keeps the belief alive.
Seeking God with all the heart cuts off retreat, and a person with nowhere to fall back reaches capacity a hedging person never touches. Prospering is what whole capacity does while it runs, not a payment posted afterward. Whatever a person half-does will keep paying them half, and they will spend years blaming the work instead of the reserve they kept.
Self-Help lens
Where are you keeping a little of yourself in reserve, and what is the reserve actually protecting?
When you sweep, sweep. Half of you doing a thing while the other half stands back is not doing it at all.
Whole hearted action, offered without hedging on the outcome, is the kind that frees a person. Hedged action keeps you tied to the result.
Do not hold back from the work because you cannot see the end of it. The holding back is the part that stops you.
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