Taking hold..

'..but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.' (Philippians 3:12b,14)

This morning a collegue asked if she could give me some comments..about some study file that i prepared.

Little did I expect.. she spoke to me about..
in my own words for myself:
I need to take hold of my own growth, learnings - taking initiative and utilizing opportunities whenever available, and not wasting time/(months or years)being stagnant.

She encouraged me to learn things, rather than do things blindly..
Usually end up doing so due to time constraint, heavy workload. Doing more but no depth.

She told me this as an advice to progress faster to be a CRA. for a steeper learning curve, which was what she did in her previous company. In a very short time, she progressed from CTAssistant to CRA II, and was even offered to be Senior CRA at her ex-company but she declined offer..for a slower pace..

Made me reflect myself, been in company for 7 months or so, still learning quite the surface or general view, and happily trying to clear manual or menial tasks..because there are really lots task to do.

SO, with the company going to hire another temp admin staff-- i should grab this opportunity to shift non-important task to her, and start to understand the documents i deal with in a study, take initiave to do more important task that a CRA would need to know..etc

Yeah.. thank God for the wake up call..
For indeed, recently, i prayed that I want to be promoted to the next level.. an indeed there is an opportunity.

so besides striving to be faithful alone,
God reveal to me something else that I need to do..

and to Take hold of my destiny in this area..

Yet..
1 Corinthians 9:25
Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.

In this world, people race or do things for different motivation - title, position,money, status..(she she quoted some motivations to spur oneself on.)- but these are the things that will not last.

Indeed, what I really need to take hold of (or need to strive towards) is GOd's purpose for me, to know HIm, and to be like Him (my relationship with Him, spiritual walk and growth)

With that character build everything will fall into place.

Thank God for His goodness and this reflection and revelation.