God has a Plan

Another way to read this verse is, “perhaps this is the moment for which you have been created”

Have you ever felt the spirit wash over you?

You know what I’m talking about here, you get goosebumps all over your body and know that the spirit is with you.

You can feel it.

I really notice this happening as I come to God.

If you know me you know that I love being on stage and helping others to learn.  It might be learning about God, learning about leadership, or learning about DOT (yuck!!!)

I was also designed to grow businesses.

God designed me with a passion for starting and growing businesses beyond what I ever believed I could.

He gave me the ability to think BIG. I mean SCARY BIG.  I think so big that mostly I scare others when they start talking to me about what I know I will accomplish. No, it’s not just the numbers, it is also taking our company into multiple countries!! WORLDWIDE!!!!!!!!!

I just got done speaking in Canada for a group of manufacturers. Next is Mexico, then Europe, then Australia! 

It’s coming, I know it!

You see, God designed me for this. Much the same way he designed Jenna to be an amazingly supportive wife and mother.

She would burn 3 tanks of fuel a day running around for our kids and me, and never complain once!  She is amazing at putting others ahead of herself.

Next look at my brother, Rusty. He was designed to be a diesel mechanic, a father, a horse lover, and someone who loves to show animals.

Me, not so much.  I have a huge competitive drive, but it is not in the show-ring with animals. And to be 100% honest, I have lots of knowledge of mechanics.

But…..

When I wired in my automatic running boards into my new pickup, I called Rusty to come down and help me. Because I was unsure how to do it. 

When he got down to the garage he literally said, “what did you need me for? you are done already!”   

Sometimes it takes longer to figure out what we were designed for.  Heck, sometimes we have to have someone else tell us what we are good at before we can accept it.

One place that I KNOW that I designed for is to be in front of a group of people presenting!

It amazes me how often the spirit washes over me when I take the stage. Every time I KNOW that someone has just had an “aha” moment I can feel it.

I get goosebumps, and the hair on my arms and neck stands up.

You know what I’m talking about!

For the longest time, I wasn’t sure that being on stage was something that I was designed to do.

I mean I have always liked people and had no issues talking to them. My parents used to say that as a kid I could sell any fundraiser item because I had no issue talking to people about what we were selling.

As an adult when we first started Eclipse DOT I really struggled to talk to people about what we do and what services we offered.

Even in a one-on-one setting.

Then one day it hit me like a brick wall.

If I really want to succeed I can’t sell anything. I have to believe that if I don’t offer our services to companies who use trucks in their business I would truly be doing them a disservice.

Then suddenly it wasn’t hard to talk about our services.

And then it got easier and easier to do it.

I was CREATED to help people. And one way that I can do that is by taking some weight off their shoulders so that they can focus on running their business without having to worry about compliance!

Then it hit me.

The best way to let more people know about how much we can help them is by getting in front of more people!

So, I started having my team reach out to our current clients and ask them if they knew of any conferences that we could reach out to talk about educating their members. (Notice I didn’t say sell to their members, my intention was not to sell. It was simply to educate.)

You see these were the moments that I was designed for.

Not everyone would love this.

I’ll bet there are some of you reading this right now who are like, “what is this guy smoking? He is all over the place.”

I’ll also bet that there are some out there reading this right now who are like, “WOW I totally get this!”

My whole point of this entire devotional is that you have to live in the moment.

EVERY MOMENT!

Even the ones that you aren’t sure you enjoy.

Because those moments that are tougher, are the ones that help you build the strength to do what God designed you for.

This weekend I went out and worked my butt off. I mean worked it off.  Jenna and I spread over 20 tons of cleaned rock chips by hand, we moved a fence on our property, pulled weeds, cleaned out our duck pond (YUCK), & cleaned up our garage.

4 kids who are all doers tend to leave my tools out all over the place and NEVER put anything away! Not me though I ALWAYS put everything up. Ok, you can stop laughing now lol.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot we also silkscreened 15 shirts for our employees.

It was definitely not easy, there were times that I wanted to stop for the day and just quit. But I knew that if I pushed through the pain it would be done.

Then I could take it a little easier during the weeknights and spend more time chilling.

Not to mention, it brings me so much joy to see what we accomplished this weekend.

The tough times help to mold us into the people we were designed to be.

So today, no matter what moment you are in. Pause and take a second to enjoy it.