Sharper not harder
Why not sharpen the axe head? Or put another way: Using a dull ax requires great strength, so sharpen the blade. That’s the value of wisdom; it helps you succeed.
Sometimes, when we enter a new season or take on a new situation or challenge, we can be tempted to simply expend more energy even when we know we may not have more energy to give.
Let’s talk about this - imagine that the new situation or challenge you face is a log that needs to be chopped in two: you would have two choices.
Firstly, it’s a bigger log than you've chopped before, but you use your axe and just expend more energy, hitting it harder, giving more than you have given before.
Or the second option, which is wiser, is to stop and take a moment to sharpen your axe head. This will enable you to achieve more with each strike and to spend less energy; you can then invest the energy you saved on advancing faster and finishing sooner if you choose.
How about you and the new challenges or opportunities you have been handed or face, what are you gonna do? Are you gonna try and find more energy from somewhere? Are you gonna try and give what you know you can’t sustain for a momentary advance? Why not take the advice found in this passage and stop, think and sharpen.
Don’t hit harder, hit wiser.
Ecclesiastes 10:10, If the axe is dull and its edge unsharpened more strength is needed, but skill will bring success.
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