I know I am not.... But I know "I AM"

Hello to ya’ll (with huge excitement) …..a big hello to football fans …… and an even bigger hello to Manchester United fans (I can hear someone saying …. “And why?”). Simply because for the first time in 4 years, on Sunday (6/05) they won the league cup (Barclays Premiership). Majority of footy fans are happy …… except for Chelsea fans.
The confirmation came at the Emirates stadium where Chelsea could not secure a victory when they played arsenal. I’m very happy for Manchester United even though I am a gunner at heart…..a gunner meaning an Arsenal fan.

Being an arsenal fan has been a little tough and endurance is needed to stay sane.
They have done brilliantly over the season, but when it matters, they have failed to get the results.
Promises of great potential, great performance, classy team, technique endowed, high work rate, but they lacked consistency and hence lack result (albeit a few).

That pretty much sums up the lives of some of us. People around us tell us how good we are (or can be)… we work hard… read wide…. and it is general knowledge that we should be doing better than how we are doing at the moment….But still, little or no result

Well…. I’ve got news for you… DON”T GIVE UP….because when you hit it…..you’ll hit it big. Roll with these lines:

Preparation + Opportunity = Performance
Performance + Consistency = Results (http://renzguy.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html)

Keep at being the best...…. if you fail at anything…..don’t fret….you’ve just learnt another way not to do that particular thing. (Thomas Edison)

For Christians out there, there is a little twist to this concern of lack of results.

Still with Arsenal: Apart from the players,….the manager and the fans can get frustrated at this lack of output or the uneven match between input and output. They put a lot in…..but get very little or nothing out. Some areas of our lives can be operating on that negative principle. It could be our relationships, finances, at work or even in the cradle of the family…..Well, I’ve got news for you too.

God, our manager, is never frustrated or fed up and will never give up on us. So if you are struggling with this same problem… you have a manager in God who is always there. He’ll see you through it all.

God told Jehoshaphat, I (God) will fight this battle for you…..and He asked Jehoshaphat to be something we see in our today world “a cheer leader”. (2 chronicle 20: 1-29). As God was in business..... The people were cheering. (amazing)

So as you make the decisions…. As you put in the effort…..as you talk the walk…..walk the talk….as you strive to be the best…be it at work….at home….to your kids…..in school…remember this:
I will be cheering you…..not just me, the whole body of Christ will be. (Hebrews 12: 1, 22-24)

Arsenal fans cheer their team (even when they are loosing) with this song amongst others “1 nil to the arsenal”. Liverpool fans are phenomenal and their catch phrase “You’ll never walk alone” spurs their team on.
Even if they don’t believe it….YOU SHOULD

God says “I’ll never leave nor forsake you” (Joshua 1:5)

Your formula will now be:

Preparation + Opportunity = Performance
Performance + Consistency + I AM (GOD) = Results + I can (You)

No matter what the result is…. You can say this:
“I know I am not …...but I know "I AM"…..so I can”