Seeing Potential Beyond Appearances

Like I said in an earlier post, I grew up in the country, and we had dogs and cats come and go because no one around us kept their animals in a pen or behind a fence.

At one point, we had a dog named Tex and a cat named Freddy.

Sometimes dogs and cats don't get along, but these two did, and they were hilarious to watch.

Freddy loved to stalk Tex.

It really was like watching a lion stalk its prey. Freddy would get as low to the ground as he could and slowly creep through the grass toward Tex.

When he got close enough, he would pounce.

Then the two of them would wrestle and play.

After enough stalking sessions in the grass, apparently Freddy decided he needed to take his hunting skills to another level.

He climbed on top of a bush and waited.

Tex came walking by, and at just the right moment, Freddy jumped off the bush and landed on Tex's back.

Somehow, Freddy ended up wrapped around Tex's neck, holding on for dear life while Tex took off.

I don't think it ever occurred to Freddy that he was a little cat.

In Freddy's mind, he was an apex predator.

He didn't look at Tex and think, "He's bigger than me."

He didn't look at himself and think, "I'm just a little cat."

He acted according to how he saw himself.

How many times do we do the opposite?

We look at someone else's experience, education, position, connections, or accomplishments and immediately decide they are bigger than us.

Then we look at ourselves from the outside and decide we're too small.

What would happen if you stopped judging yourself by what you see on the outside and started recognizing what God has placed inside of you?

Freddy saw himself as an apex predator.

Maybe it's time you stopped seeing yourself as the little cat.

CHANGE THE WAY YOU SEE YOURSELF!