Core 52 Week 51 - Gaining Grit
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How do you determine success?
Angela Duckworth, researcher, studied thousands of people in academia, military and business.
Answer is not IQ, wealth, race, gender, athleticism.
It is grit. Defined as
“Passion and perseverance for very long-term goals.”
“Passion and perseverance for very long-term goals.”
When we stick with a difficult task or goal not for days, weeks, months but for years.
When we live like life is a marathon, not a sprint.
What does grit in our spiritual lives look like?
What do we need to do and to be to find success in our spiritual maturity and outcomes? (Good questions as we conclude a difficult year and look forward to a new year.)
Core verse:
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. 2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.
Two main thoughts:
Two main thoughts:
Responsibility TO and FOR
Responsibility TO and FOR
We look around to those we are responsible to and responsible for.
19 By standing firm, you will win your souls.
The witnesses he references are found in Heb. 11’s great hall of faith.
39 All these people earned a good reputation because of their faith, yet none of them received all that God had promised. 40 For God had something better in mind for us, so that they would not reach perfection without us.
Because of their sacrifice and faith, we are able to run our own race through life.
Note that they’re not sitting in the stands, they’re lining the raceway, standing by our running lane cheering us on. They’ve run the same race and know exactly what we’re going through.
Paul knew this marathon well:
24 Five different times the Jewish leaders gave me thirty-nine lashes. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked. Once I spent a whole night and a day adrift at sea. 26 I have traveled on many long journeys. I have faced danger from rivers and from robbers. I have faced danger from my own people, the Jews, as well as from the Gentiles. I have faced danger in the cities, in the deserts, and on the seas. And I have faced danger from men who claim to be believers but are not. 27 I have worked hard and long, enduring many sleepless nights. I have been hungry and thirsty and have often gone without food. I have shivered in the cold, without enough clothing to keep me warm.
28 Then, besides all this, I have the daily burden of my concern for all the churches.
We look ahead to the reward we reap through perseverance.
He could survive and even thrive in all this because he remembered to be responsible to and for those around him as well as keeping his eyes focused on the ultimate reward.
7 I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. 8 Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ 9 and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith. 10 I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death, 11 so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead!
His final written words:
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful. 8 And now the prize awaits me—the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on the day of his return. And the prize is not just for me but for all who eagerly look forward to his appearing.
What Does It Take to Develop Grit?
What Does It Take to Develop Grit?
While we maintain our responsibility to others and continue to look ahead to our reward, we do the following:
11 But you, Timothy, are a man of God; so run from all these evil things. Pursue righteousness and a godly life, along with faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have declared so well before many witnesses. 13 And I charge you before God, who gives life to all, and before Christ Jesus, who gave a good testimony before Pontius Pilate, 14 that you obey this command without wavering. Then no one can find fault with you from now until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again. 15 For at just the right time Christ will be revealed from heaven by the blessed and only almighty God, the King of all kings and Lord of all lords. 16 He alone can never die, and he lives in light so brilliant that no human can approach him. No human eye has ever seen him, nor ever will. All honor and power to him forever! Amen.
Accept delayed gratification
Recognize consequences
Get Over Yourself
Be accountable (discipleship)
Cultivate Optimism
Help others by:
17 Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment. 18 Tell them to use their money to do good. They should be rich in good works and generous to those in need, always being ready to share with others. 19 By doing this they will be storing up their treasure as a good foundation for the future so that they may experience true life.
Set and communicate high expectations
Provide clear structure and boundaries
Increase responsibility
Teach and require respect
Show you care