This happens in business all the time. There are successful people who work extremely hard and build something amazing, and then it seems like something is missing for them. To really figure out what is missing, you have to go back to how things were when you first began.
This even happens for athletes as well. I think back to my basketball journey. I had the exact same struggles playing college basketball sometimes as I did when I was playing in jr. high. For example, my shot was always off when I would watch the ball when I would release my jump shot, rather than keeping my eyes on the back of the rim. Something so small, affected the entire mechanics of my shot. I would do the same thing in jr. high. I didn't adjust my mechanics to something brand new, I had to remember how I would fix it years ago. How I fixed it was doing something as simple as form shooting right underneath the basket.
Having a rookie mindset is also incredibly important in our faith in Christ Jesus. Not having a rookie mindset will allow you to overcomplicate things far behind what we could've imagined. With our faith, there are things that we first learn as believers that we must never forget. Like the life of Jesus and how God gave his one and only Son, so that whoever would believe in him, shall not perish, but have eternal life. We must always remember the life that Jesus lived. Without remembering that, what is there to really base our faith off of?
"Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son." (2 John 9)
Continue in the teaching.
I can't stress that enough. Although it's important to grow, and continue to learn new things, it's even more important to continue in the teaching that we already know. My encouragement to all of you who are trying to grow something special in your life, remember to have a rookie mindset. Remember what you learned when you started this journey on who you are becoming.
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