Enlarged Capacity

Capacity can be defined as the power to produce, to perform and to deploy. It can also be defined as the ability to receive, retain and generate. The capacity of a torch is different from the capacity of a flood light. You might blink at a the flash of a torch, but you will definitely shut your eyes at the intensity of a flood light. What I can do differs from what you can do because of capacity. Learn to take responsibility because until such responsibilities stretch you, they cannot serve you. You need increased capacity to achieve better and greater things for the next level of your life. The best way to predict the future is to create it so go ahead, plant that seed now, make that move now, start that course now. (Read Isaiah 54:2-3)

In the seed, is the instruction for the future. If you have a seed in the ground, the future has no choice but to obey the voice of the seed. By this I mean find out what seed you need to sow for whatever you want and begin to take steps toward that goal. Honor is the seed for access, discipline is the seed for a life without regret. You want success yeah? Sow the seeds of work, consistent investment and savings! Success requires your participation and therefore you must be very involved in the process. You must assume the driver's seat of your own life and stop waiting for other people to do stuff for you.

There are so many things in your life that you cannot delegate. For example, you must commit to being a doer of the word; you can't delegate the "doing". Capacity cannot be conferred on you, it has to be developed. It cannot be inherited, it has to be acquired. And finally, it is not about age; you can be growing old but not growing up. Increasing your capacity is more about growing in maturity. To be a resounding success in life, you would need increase in the following capacities;

Capacity is expandable so the very first kind of capacity you must build is spiritual capacity. Nothing happens in the physical that doesn't originate in the spiritual. What keeps you afloat in turbulent times, are the words of God that you have fed on and built into your spirit. Spiritual ignorance puts you at a disadvantage. Do you understand the extent of what redemption affords you? You are the apple of God's eye! When God created the fishes, He spoke to the sea. When He created the plants, He spoke to the earth. But when He created man, He spoke to Himself! Wow! The source is designed to be the sustainer. Just as a fish cannot survive outside water, so can a man not survive outside of God. You cannot afford be slack as a believer but develop spiritual capacity by being a hearer and doer of the word. Feed your faith to starve your doubt. The devil always tries to get you out of the realm of faith. With faith and patience, you will have everything.

Only winners get recognized and rewarded. You've got to be actively doing something. No one was blessed from doing nothing. All the people called and used by God to do exploits were busy doing something useful. Build mental capacity, go for training, travel around, expand your horizon. Joseph had to be removed from his house and sold into slavery to develop the mental capacity he needed to handle people, handle his dreams and to learn all about administration. He practiced all these in Potiphar's house as well as in the prison before he finally ended up in the palace ruling over the nation. There is nothing like the gift of knowledge, only the discipline of study.

There is a difference between being busy and being productive. Sleeping late doesn't mean you are being productive, you might just be an insomniac or you may simply be up playing games. Apply the principles of essentiality; that is, do what you are supposed to do when you are supposed to do it without procrastinating. You want to become a motivational speaker? Read about it, practice what you've read, watch Youtube 'how to' videos, rehearse in front of your mirror, come up with some content and share it smaller groups or friends. That's how to develop physical capacity; do it, practice it consistently and it would eventually become a part of you. Remember Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 hour rule;.