Some years ago a man in his sixties was offered $200,000 for his roadside motel,
restaurant and service station which he had spent his life building. He turned
it down because he didn't want to retire.
Two years later when he was sixty-five, a new highway was built that bypassed
his business which subsequently went broke. Most people at his age would have
thrown in the towel. Not this man. He knew how to cook chicken so he took off
across the country in his battered old car to sell his recipe to other
restaurants. It was tough going. I have read that his recipe was rejected by
1,000 restaurants before he found a taker. However, he stuck with his goal and
within a few years he had built a restaurant chain across the country and spread
it to other lands as wella chain called Kentucky Fried Chicken. The man's name?
Colonel Sanders. I don't know if Colonel Sanders' purpose was God-given or not,
but having a life purpose that is God-given, like the Israelites had, won't make
life easy, but it will make life worthwhile and give you something to live for
that is bigger than yourself. And if it is a God-given purpose, with God's help,
it is possible to achieve if we have the fortitude of a Caleb and a will-to-win
like Colonel Sanders. It will also make our lives very worthwhile.
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