Hard Work and Perseverance pay off
Harde werk en deursettingsvermoë sal vrugte afwerp.
Met ‘n nuwe kwartaal, met akademiese doelwitte, sport doelwitte, ‘n suksesvolle muskiekblyspel doelwitte en wie weet watter ander doelwitte jy dalk het vir die kwartaal…het ek gedink om julle net weer te herinner dat harde werk WEL die moeite werd is en WEL tot die gewenste uitkoms sal lei.
The simple truth that never changes no matter where you are and what you are aiming for: Hard work and perseverance DOES pay off! Not always immediately…but eventually.
We live in a world of instant gratification, quick results, Instant feedback, overnight success. But the reality is that anything meaningful – anything that truly lasts – is built slowly, through effort that often goes unseen.
Ons kondig die Top 10 akademiese studente aan vandag. Hulle het nie toevallig daar uitgekom nie.
Die spelers wat eerstespan speel het nie net een oggend opgestaan en “I’ve got it” nie.
Die leier wat met selfvertroue praat en funksioneer wat jy bewonder was nie altyd so vol selfvertroue nie.
Behind every success story is a long stretch of quiet, consistent effort – days when it is hard, when motivation was low, when giving up would have been easier.
Ons sien nie die ure wat ‘n skopper in middae lank na die busse gery het…honderde skoppe pale to skop nie. Ons sien hom net op ‘n Saterdag tydends die wedstryd…of die hokkie wat vanaf elke moontlike posissie haar doele oefen terwyl die son al besig is om te sak…die die student wat vroeg oggend in die donker opstaan om vir oulaas oor haar of sy werk te gaan vir die assessering wat vandag plaasvind.
That’s where perseverance comes in. Perseverance is choosing to keep going when progress feels slow. It’s showing up when you don’t feel like it. It is doing the work when no one is watching.
Some of you might feel that your hard work isn’t paying off yet. Maybe your marks aren’t where you want them to be. Maybe you didn’t make the team. Maybe things just feel tougher than expected. But don’t confuse delay for denial.
Growth is happening – even if you can’t see it yet.
Galasiers 6:9 “Laat ons dan nie moeg word om goed te doen nie, want as ons nie opgee nie, sal ons op die bestemde tyd ook die oes insamel”
So dit is die belofte…as jy nie opgee nie, sal die oes inkom…die resultate sal inkom.
So keep going
Keep working
Keep showing up
Because one day, what feels hard now, will be the very that you are proud of.
PRAYER
Thank you, Lord Jesus, for giving us all talents, gifts and passion to achieve…whatever it might be. Help us to never take any of it for granted. Help us to pursue our dreams with hard work and perseverance and if and when we do achieve it, that we will accept it gracefully and with a thankful heart.
Please bless us during this upcoming week and help us to work hard and appreciate what we have.
AMEN