Proverbs 28:1 (ESV)
The wicked flee when no one pursues,
but the
righteous are bold as a lion.
During his first year of graduate study at the University
of California at Berkeley, George B. Dantzig arrived late for a statistics
class. He saw two problems on the blackboard. Assuming they were homework, he
copied them and a few days later turned in his solutions. One Sunday morning
six weeks afterward, the professor appeared at Dantzig's door, waving a
manuscript. It turned out that the professor had merely written two examples of
unsolvable problems on the blackboard. The manuscript was Dantzig's work
readied for publication. George Dantzig later became known as the father of
linear programming.
Had this guy gotten to class little earlier to hear the
professor say that these problems "couldn't be solved", sadly, he
might have never even have tried to solve them -- probably like all the other
students in the class. We humans give up way too easily -- someone says it
can't be done and we don't give it a second thought! We often view the word never
in a negative light but God is calling us to GREAT things and to be bold for
Him.
We need to be a bit more tenacious as believers. Is there
something you feel God is calling you to do but others have been less than
encouraging? Go for it! Be bold! Don't let others dictate what you should or
shouldn't be doing -- leave that to the Lord!
Dear Lord, help us to be bold today. Help us not give up
when things are tough but instead keep moving forward with Your strength. In the
Name of Jesus, Amen.
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