You Can Bounce Back!
- Jamelle Sanders
- Aug 28, 2017
- 4 min read
As I write to you, I am coming off of an incredible week. The birthday celebration continued and I am just so excited about everything God is doing. We’re in an unusual season right now. I believe that the floodgates of heaven are swinging open in a big way and that there is a grace to advance and manifest destiny. Many of you have been experiencing intense battles on every front. Opposing forces are trying to stop your advancement and interrupt your progress. However, I am here to remind you today that you will not be moved. Nothing will shake you from the path of success in this era!
Are you experiencing frustration? Have you allowed the failures of the past to immobilize you? Will you have the courage to bounce back? Let me help you for a moment. Every person experiences frustration. Sometimes I think we have a misconception about success. Just because you are called does not mean you are exempt from challenges. In fact, the moment you acknowledge that you have been called you attract challenges into your world. Instead of getting frustrated you need to get focused. Personally, I have discovered over the last twenty plus years that frustration is often a teacher on the journey to triumph. Extract the lesson that frustration is trying to teach you and let it empower you to move forward. Frustration is often the friction that ignites and empowers you to manifest your future.
Failure is a word I know a lot about. In fact, my business almost collapsed on three separate occasions. I have faced betrayal and great pain in business. I do not even have the time to go into everything that has happened on my journey as an entrepreneur. However, I do not dwell on those things. I’ve discovered that the more you dwell on failure the more you distance yourself from the future. You cannot meditate on disappointment and expect to manifest your destiny. What you concentrate on is what you will collide with. When I learned this principle it revolutionized my life. I stopped meditating on defeat and I started meditating on my destiny. The picture of what is possible for your life has to become bigger than the pain of your past. The reality is that what you make big is what will manifest in your life. Failure should not make you abandon your dreams. Failure is a simply a tool that aligns you to live your wildest dreams. Sitting on the set of Morning Break last week was a reminder to me that failures do not define you. Speaking into those television cameras was the reward of being relentless in my pursuit of greatness. Every failure has served as a teaching moment in my life and empowered me to reach the top. Allow failure to become the tool that propels you forward!
I’m not sharing my story to brag or boast. If you have followed my work for any length of time, then you know that I do not put a lot of emphasis on my story. I always try to share wisdom from my journey to empower you for greater success. I’ve learned so much on this journey to greatness. One of the most important lessons I have learned is that you can bounce back. I know what it is like to live at the bottom. On the other hand, I also know what it is like to live at the top. When you have experienced the lowest of lows you are able to put things in perspective. I believe that hitting rock bottom can sometimes be your greatest blessing. When I was at my lowest point I realized that my life could only get better. When you reach the lowest of lows the only direction for your life is up. Lots of people talk about rock bottom; however, very few people have really reached rock bottom. When I talk about rock bottom I am talking about coming to a place where you have no other options but to trust God. This is a point where everything you have depended on fails you. It is the point where you see no other options and no clear way out. I’ve been there before and it is not very comfortable. However, God revealed to me in that experience that rock bottom is a prophetic announcement that you are right on the brink of a breakthrough. I might have been knocked down but I decided to get back up!
Bouncing back is not just a cute motivational phrase to get you excited. It is a mentality that you must embrace if you want to manifest your destiny. Ultimately, I made a decision that I was not going to get stuck in the valley. I decided that I was going to see sweet victory in my life. Every book I write is a victory. Every life I touch is a victory. Every platform that I speak on is a victory. Every lesson I share that encourages someone is a victory. Bouncing back is developing the resolve that nothing will move you from God’s mission for your life. It has been a long journey for me. However, I was willing to go through the worst days of my life to get to a greater life. When you are walking through the fire the best thing you can do is keep walking. Stop focusing on the pressure and let it propel you into prophetic destiny.
In closing, I am so grateful for everything that is happening in my life. As I sat on the set of CBS, it was a reminder to me that if you do not faint you will produce fruit. You cannot get weary and lose heart. You have to be consumed with an uncommon vision. When I was going through the worst season of my life I saw a greater day. I knew that one day I would be on the other side sharing wisdom. Deep down inside I knew that you would be reading these words, listening to my podcast or even reading my books. In essence, I saw beyond the battle. When you see beyond the battle you are empowered to bounce back and see big wins in every area of your life!
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