Icebergs

The Titanic received five iceberg warnings just before it went down. When the sixth message came during the wee hours of the morning: “Look out for icebergs,” the operator wired back “Shut-up! I’m busy!” Thirty minutes later the great ‘unsinkable’ vessel was sinking fast. What happened? They forgot the truth about icebergs.

What they saw above the water could not have sunk the great ship. But unfortunately, most of an iceberg is below the water. Do you know what? That iceberg represents our life! The 10% above water is our reputation; the 90% below is our character. And, it is what is below the surface that sinks our ship.

What is character?
a) Self Discipline – the ability to do what is right, even when we do not feel like it.
b) Core values – principles you live by in spite of the pressures around you.
c) Sense of identity – a self image based on who God, not others say you are.
d) Emotional security – the capacity to be emotionally stable and consistent.

Our life’s greatest impact does not come from what you own, but from who you are.

A tree is recognized by its fruit. A good person brings good things stored out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil person brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart.

Whatever is happening today on the outside of your life comes from what is happening on the inside.

God puts ‘being’ before ‘doing’. He prioritizes taking care of the inside (our heart) because that will determine what takes place on the outside (our behaviour).

That must be worth thinking about?