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Don't Cash Out on Your Blessing


My favorite pizza spot is Domino's Pizza. So much so, I worked there in high school for about....seven months. That's a pretty long time for a high school student in my opinion. Talking to my friend about life situations, he randomly asked me if I had ever heard the story of the brothers who owned Domino's Pizza. I'll be honest with you and say, "although I worked for Domino's Pizza I never took the time to learn their history." So of course my response to him was a big fat "no."

Well, in 1960 two brothers by the name of Tom Monoghan and James purchased DomiNicki, a pizza store in Michigan. After just eight months of taking over the ailing pizza store, James wanted out. He owned 50% of the business and cashed out by trading his half to his brother Tom for a Volkswagon Beetle the brothers had bought as a delivery car. In 1965, Tom renamed the business Domino's Pizza. Two years later, the first Domino's Pizza franchise store opened. By 1978, the 200th Domino's Pizza store opened. Today, Domino's Pizza racks in over $10 billion dollars annually. Why was this important for me to tell you? Well think about it. You have two blood brothers. They both owned the same percentage of the business. The only thing that set the two a part was one's willingness to not give up.

Have you ever started something new? At the beginning stages you're typically excited. In the beginning stages you're motivated. You believe that you've finally found your niche. But as time goes by, things aren't panning out exactly as you planned. You realize its taking a little bit longer than you expected to see the fruit of your labor. Months, even years go by and things aren't picking up as you envisioned they would.  Many times we all go through phases like this in our lives, however the majority of us abort the mission. In this case, we abort the purpose. Just like James we cash out by either giving up or settling for something less than God's will for our lives. I'm sure it was difficult for the brothers to start something new, but I'm even more certain that it was more difficult for James to see what was on the other side of him not giving up. If James would have known that Domino's Pizza would become a billion dollar company, I'm sure he wouldn't have traded his percentage for a Volkswagon Beetle.

I'm sure if we could see what was on the other side of our obedience and willingness to not give up, we would also be less likely to cash out on our blessing. But God doesn't give us the luxury of knowing what's on the other side. He simply asks us to trust Him. He asks us to be obedient to his instructions. Your blessing is waiting on you. Your blessing is attached to your obedience and willingness to submit to God's will for your life and guess what? You're so close! "I am about to do something new. It is beginning to happen even now. Don’t you see it coming? I am going to make a way for you to go through the desert. I will make streams of water in the dry and empty land (Isaiah 43:19)." God wants to bring that new thing to fruition, but he's counting on you to not give up. "And don’t allow yourselves to be weary or disheartened in planting good seeds, for the season of reaping the wonderful harvest you’ve planted is coming (Galatians 6:9)." Don't cash out on your blessing just because its not happening on your time. I promise, you will be glad you held out.

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