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ACHIEVING FANATICAL GOALS
BRIDGET WASHINGTON
Ihave discovered that we are good at setting goals. As a matter of fact, we have reached expert status at doing so. The problem with this is that we tend to set goals that are too low - think about it. We serve a universe creating God. We serve a grave-robbing God. We worship a life rescuing God. But we set tiny goals. See what type of contradiction that is?
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My definition of a fanatical goal is one that is too big for me to accomplish, that require the supernatural and divine activity of God for it to come to pass.
whether it can be done. Please understand that with fanatical goals it is not just you that is going to achieve it. It is you and whomever God designates to aid in the fulfillment. Those pieces of the puzzle will come together once you step out in faith to execute.
Fanatical Goals are the fuel behind a fanatical purpose. Have you ever had a fanatical goal that seems so huge that it feels like it will never happen? They are bigger than life! Fanatical goals push the envelope of the impossible. They should intimidate you. They should make you question Romans 12:2 MSG: “So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-towork, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best
thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well- adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops wellformed maturity in you.
If you look at most self-help books and articles on the market that speak or teach about goals, you are most apt to hear the term SMART GOALS. SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely. I got to thinking one day about this. Yes, I want my goals to be specific. Absolutely. But the rest of it... I don’t want it! Why? If I serve a mighty powerful, God, all bets are off on my goals being measurable, attainable, realistic and timely. Who are we to question if a fanatical goal is “attainable?” When God says in Philippians 4:13: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Who are we to question if a fanatical goal is “realistic”? When in Mark 10:27 Jesus told the “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.”
If God has drops in your spirit Fanatical Goals, who are you or anyone else to see if it is “measurable”?
God’s ways are not our ways, His thoughts are not our thoughts, and if He gives the goal, you best believe He doesn’t care how big it seems to man’s eyes! We must stop putting God’s plans for our lives in a box and trying to place parameter on your ability to perform it! Who are we to question if a fanatical goal is “timely? When God tells us in Habakkuk 2:3: For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Who are we to question if a fanatical goal is “measurable” when in Ephesians 3:21 – “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, www.powerhouseglobalmag.com
www.powerhouseglobalmag.com according to the power that works in us?” Please know that while you’re on your path to achieving your goal, you also must understand that you will have moments of "Is this really going to happen? Will it really happen for me? Are all the pieces really going to come together?" I look forward to the day when you have an encounter with God concerning your fanatical goals when you have YOUR mind completely blown away, when your heart is racing, and tears joy sweep over you, and you ask God, “God, really?! This is so far beyond my goal! This is so far beyond what I believed that you would entrust me with to do!" could have ever even imagined. So, if today you’re looking at that big audacious goal, wondering whether it’s going to happen, I’m here to tell you YES, IT WILL! Choose to believe it!
I believe in you. There is a team of other people who believe in you. Push through the doubt and choose to believe. Keep moving forward with faith, and until next time, keep pushing!
I believe you are coming into that season. And I believe if you choose to believe that something far beyond anything you could ever ask, hope, or imagine will happen in your life, you are going to receive it.
That’s what it takes to succeed in today’s world. We must believe in something bigger than we think we can do. And when you step out to do something great with your life, God is going to inundate you with a greater power coming in to deliver far more than you BRIDGET WASHINGTON About
Bridget Washington is an empowerment speaker, author and personal development coach. Known as the Passion Inspirator, she is the founder of BríMarí Global, a personal and professional development company whose mission is to empower and equip the trailblazer to Live Fanatical. Bridget is the Host of the Living a Fanatical Life Podcast, and the founder of the Live Fanatical Movement. In addition, she is the USA Chairperson of Personal Development for ALL Ladies League (ALL), which is the world’s largest all-inclusive international women’s chamber and a global movement for the Welfare, Wealth, and Wellbeing of ALL by empowering women’s leadership. Bridget is the author of "Fanatical: Living a God Inspired Life You Are Crazy About", and the visionary behind the compilation "Fanatical: 13 Trailblazers who are Living Bold, Inspired Lives. Additionally, she founded Aero Joi Travel, a full-service travel agency, which hosts the Girlfriend, Relax! Retreat, a fabulously fun getaway for women
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