Good Things Happen When You Step Out

May today find you full of strength, joy and courage. The other day we talked about stepping out in faith to accomplish your goals. How you’re not really committed until you put physical action out along with your spiritual and mental energies. You can have a goal, but until you take the first steps to make it happen, it’s only a wish.

Today I want to talk to you about somebody who actually did it and the great success she’s enjoying, because of that. There are many examples especially from the physical culture world of people who’ve done this and changed their life. Be it in the physical sense of getting in shape or the financial and lifestyle sense from actually having the guts to step out and start their own business or create their own training material. I literally thought of over one dozen names of people I personally know who I could have illustrated this point with, but today I’m going to brag about my sister.

My sister, Rebecca Hughes, is probably the spiritual equivalent to my physical strength. She’s the most disciplined and committed Christian that I know. Most people wouldn’t be comfortable saying you should use their actual life as a moral example, because even though they truly believe the things that they say, they aren’t always strong enough to follow them. However Becky is someone who I would unhesitatingly say that you could look at her actions and find no fault. No conflict from what she says she believes and what she actually does. She’s knowledgeable beyond her years in that area of life.

For a long time she’s wanted to be a professional author and speaker. For a long time we’ve encouraged her to step out, produce some material and position herself to actually capitalize on all the talent she has and accomplish her goals and what I believe is her purpose for this life. For some reason things just didn’t get off the ground, the timing wasn’t right. Sometimes even when you feel you’re ready to do something, the circumstances aren’t right, but you can’t quit or give up on them, because having and overcoming opposition is part of getting to your goals.

Her husband is the music minister at Riverside Church in New Orleans. She and her family were part of the Hurricane Katrina disaster and out of what was a devastating circumstance has come the fulfillment of her dreams. After dealing with that tragedy she finally sat down, stepped out and wrote a book. Even though she has said it’s one of the hardest things she’s had to overcome she finally had the time and took the initiative to put feet on her dreams. Now just a short time later, she can barely keep up with the speaking engagements and has two publishing houses looking to publish two different books of hers.

Because of the delay in the process of getting a book published with a major publisher (it takes a while), she self-published a first-edition of her first book – a devotional called, “Winds of Hope.” And with nearly no publicity has sold almost all of her entire first run. All because she took a step.

That’s the difference between where you are now and being at the end of your goals. That’s the difference in people who actually get things done. Who actually change their life and their world. Once they’ve decided what it is that they want, they actually put a physical step toward getting it. They work and then like magic, things happen.

Decide today what the step you need to take is in your life. Where do you need to actually be committed enough to put real effort. What do you want physically? Spiritually? Mentally, financially, emotionally and in your relationships?

99% of the time if you’re not achieving your goals it’s because you don’t have all your forces directed at them. Without a clear mental picture, physical effort means nothing. Without physical effort you’re not really directing your mental energy. It’s great to talk about goals, but it’s better to achieve them.

If you’re ready to get on the royal road to unlimited strength and endurance then you need to be reading our books and watching our DVDs. If you’re ready to go far beyond what other people believe is possible, you need to have Twisted Conditioning I and II. Don’t sell yourself short. Put the feet on your dreams and watch them start coming true here at http://strongerman.com/storefront.html


P.S. In my sister’s first book she tells about how she came through the greatest natural disaster on American soil and through her faith was brought to a stronger, better place. How other people survived and were blessed because of their faith. If you have a story about surviving a disaster, she’d like to hear it. She’s looking for stories to put into her new version. If you don’t mind sharing we’d love to hear.