Overcoming the Religious Spirit ebook - MorningStar Ministries

Part Viii
achieving Your Purpose
I was sitting in Reggie White’s den
listening to him and a teammate from the
Green Bay Packers discuss their football
careers. Some have called Reggie the best
defensive lineman to ever play the game. He
has been an All-Pro for ten straight years and
was recently named to the All-Time NFL Team,
which is composed of the best players over
the seventy-five year history of the league.
Shawn Jones, with whom Reggie and I were
talking that day, has also been one of the
outstanding players over the last decade.
During this conversation, it came up that
there were probably many young men in
every city who had the potential to be the very
best NFL players. They have dreamed about
doing it, yet they would never even play in an
organized football game. Why?
What is true of those who have the
potential to be great athletes but who never
accomplish what they could is probably true
of every position in life. Most of the potentially
great musicians will spend their lives listening
to others perform. The greatest potential
businessmen, artists, scientists, statesmen,
doctors, lawyers, writers, or ministers will
probably spend their lives doing something
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