Self-Help – Self-ccessful - Talk Isn’t Cheap… Apparently!
A billion dollar marketplace – the Self-Help industry… Have you ever
wondered why?? Why do many who can barely make ends meet continually through
their hard-earned money after those who just penned a book on Self-Help, who
often time haven’t given you anything substantial but rather just a bunch of cliché’s
to quote? Many of whom don’t follow any of the rules that they admonish us to “live” by, in order to have success.
All of this so-called “Help” that is being dispensed, consumed and disseminated, yet
people still find themselves “A day late and a dollar short, “Unsuccessful and
miserable”, and “Bamboozled”.
But all that
was aforementioned isn't the kicker! The
kicker is that “We” get blamed if the “Help” doesn't pan-out to be all that was
touted. However, let the author tell it, if done to
their specifications – success is guaranteed.
Sometimes
rules aren't meant to be bent, broken or not adhered at all; no one knows all
the variations and dynamics that come along with living other than God. No one person has all the answers, not all
of the self-help books combine can do for us what God has already given us for
success; and it’s prescribed in his Word called the Bible.
They instruct
us on not being afraid, to take a chance, and to just do it. But what if we are truly not afraid but truly
just don’t know what to do next or how to implement when there aren't any funds
or sponsors. Many would take a chance,
not necessarily needing to know the outcome – because we walk by faith, but don’t
know whether to quit a job or stay put. There
are those who want to do it – heck something but they just don’t know what to
put their energies into; some don’t have anything to spare losing taking
chance, after chance – and not for lack of motivation or a willingness to
succeed.
Everyone has
something to tell you; and why you aren't succeeding but nothing tangible to
assist you in getting to that place of utopia that they are so exist and would
be yours had you simply followed their lead.
Prime
Example: James 2:16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed
and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to
the body; what doth it profit?
We are like
swine fattened up for the slaughter. We
are hungry so we eat, gorge and fill up on slop.
How many have
that relationship, the finances, the friendships and the life that are promised
in all those books? Not many I can say
simply by the number of books continuously being sold and the newest Best
Sellers that knock-out each other time after time. How many will you continue to purchase and
fill-up your personal library, before you realize that if you started saving
the money used to by self-help books, you might have the surplus needed to
actual start out on the journey that you seek to find.
God is still
well-able to get those of us who believe in his Word to get us exactly where we
want and need to be. Some get there
later than others but if you know anything about God, you know that his time is
not our own but when we trust him, it works out completely for our good.
Stop allowing
others to make up the rules for you to follow as they go along and know that if
it wasn't for God’s grace, they wouldn't have accomplished anything
either.
There is
somebody, plenty getting rich but it’s not the consumers but rather the talkers…
Talk Isn't Cheap, apparently it’s more lucrative than we could have ever
imagined.
