What is the meaning of diligence? How is it differ from faithfulness?

Faithfulness means clinging to a goal, cause or ideal while diligence adds the power of perseverance. Together, they are a powerful combination to create success in your life. Diligence helps you stay focused. You are being diligent about something - giving your attention to something -- all the time. If you make wise decisions and continue with diligence, you will complete your goals and arrive at your destination, your destiny.

In one of the Bible story, Ruth dedicated her life to Naomi's welfare. She was diligent to do everything she could to make their life together successful. Her diligence led her to deal wisely with Boaz. The residents of Bethlehem, her adopted town, were impressed with her dedication to Naomi. When Boaz heard about her, he instructed his laborers to show her favor. Her diligence led the way to her prosperity.

Of course, WHAT you are diligent about has a great effect on your outcome. For a long time, I was diligent to play computer games... solitaire, Scrabble, word games. I spent hours focused diligently on the computer screen. But that diligence certainly was not contributing to my success!

Faith and diligence balance the spiritual and practical sides of your life. The life you are experiencing right now is the result of your decisions. Your victory will come from the decisions you make and the diligence you apply to manifest those decisions. Diligence means choosing what you give your attention to.

You are being diligent about something all the time. Ask yourself: 
- What am I busy doing most of the time? 
- What has captured my attention?' 
- If you've been diligent about NOTHING, that is exactly what you will get!

You have the power to either indulge in what you know is wrong, or to resist. You can live a higher life. You can make quality decisions to apply the power of diligence toward your goals and dreams.

To experience progress and achieve the success you seek, you will have to go through some things with diligent effort. You will have to be diligent to give up what no longer blesses your life. When some of your activities and interests become a stumbling blocks to your progress, be diligent to 'just say no'. Remember that YOU chose your own schedule, commitments, and where you focus your attention.

So, what are YOU being diligent about? What do you want to accomplish? What needs your diligent effort? Use diligence like a tool to achieve success in every area of your life.

"Few things are impossible to diligence and skill... Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance."
~ Samuel Johnson 

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