Read Philippians 3:12–14

Are you an innovative person? Let’s take a test. I have Earl Nightingale to thank for this list of traits generally found in innovative people.

Drive—a high degree of motivation
Courage—tenacity and persistence
Goals—a sense of direction
Honesty—especially intellectual
Optimism
Judgment
Enthusiasm
Chance taking—willingness to risk failure
Dynamism—energy
Patience and impatience—patient with others, yet impatient with self
Adaptability—capable of change
Humor—ability to laugh at self and others
Versatility—broad interests and skills
Curiosity—interested in people and things
Realism/idealism—occupied by reality but guided by ideals
Imagination—seeking new ideas, combinations, and relationships
Communication—articulate
Perception—alert

Innovative people are rare. But even more rare are people willing to change. Here’s some practical help from the Scriptures:

>I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me.... I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. (Philippians 3:12–14)

Don’t you think it’s time to turn from the past and look to what lies ahead? It’s never too late to allow the Lord to bring about genuine change in your life.

Devotional content taken from Good Morning, Lord...Can We Talk? by Charles R. Swindoll. Copyright © 2018. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, a Division of Tyndale House Ministries. All rights reserved.

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