Reactive vs Proactive Living

When God made us, He placed within us great potential - potential to live out our purpose to the maximum. Each of us is different because God created each one of us for a different purpose and He created each one of us with the unique mix of abilities, gifts and talents to achieve the specific purpose that God created us for.
Ephesians 2:10
For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

We are like icebergs. Just like icebergs, humans come in different shapes, sizes, colors, depths of understanding and travel through life in different drifting speeds to different destinations. 70 to 90 percent of an iceberg's mass is below the waterline and similarly most of who we really are is yet to be seen and needs to be uncovered. Iceberg's are generally derived from bigger land masses than themselves and similarly we are derived from a source far greater than ourselves - God!

Ben Herbster said "The greatest waste in the world is the undeveloped difference between what we are and what we could become.". It is a waste if we live reactively and disengaged. We need to be proactive and purposeful if we are to live to our potential in our purpose. We need not know all the how's of how to get to our final destination but we need to start and God will show us the next steps. It's time to dream and take small steps proactively! We all have a God given destiny and God is very interested in helping us to achieve that destiny. We need to do our part and pursue God and seek His face and obey Him as He unveils His plans to us bit by bit.
Jeremiah 29: 11-13

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

Are you proactively seeking out your God given purpose? Are you proactively investing your time, money, resources and talents towards uncovering your hidden potential? If you are just living reactively rather than proactively, chances are that you will miss out on living to your maximum potential. We discover our fullest potential and true fulfillment as we walk in the purposes and plans that God not only designed for us, but designed us for. Get proactive and live out your true potential to the glory of God!
Ephesians 1:9-12
And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment—to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ. In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.