LEADERSHIP WISDOM FROM the WILDSample

Maximize Your Potential

The ostrich is a bundle of paradoxes: flightless but swift, foolish yet fierce, vulnerable yet victorious. God deliberately placed hidden treasures within her. She is a living reminder that greatness is not about having everything, but about maximizing something.

You are loaded with treasures, too. Some are natural gifts; others are spiritual graces. Inside you lies potential waiting for activation. The Holy Spirit has deposited gifts of wisdom, knowledge, leadership, compassion, and power within every believer. Yet many Christians bury theirs in fear or comparison.

Paul reminded Timothy, “Stir up the gift of God which is in you” (2 Timothy 1:6). Don’t wait for ideal conditions, ignite your potential now. The ostrich doesn’t wait for the wind; she creates her own momentum. God didn’t create you empty; you’re a container of the Almighty. Shake off discouragement and weariness, and deploy what you carry for the world to benefit.

So, what do we need? The grace to maximize potential. Grace refines natural talent and turns it into a divine tool. Don’t let your treasure sleep in the dust, fan it into flame.

Consider this: What gift have you hidden in the sand? Ask God for grace to develop and deploy it for His glory.