We Get What We Tolerate

Wilma Rudolph was born the 16th of 18 children. As a child she got sick with polio, which left her crippled. Doctors said she would not walk again. When she was about ten years old she wanted to prove them wrong and began therapy.

Months passed before she was able to move her leg, something doctors told her was impossible. Many more months passed and eventually she could walk. But Wilma wanted to run.

She started entering competitions in running, and for years she came in last. But that all changed by the time she reached 20. Then she became known as the fastest woman alive. She entered the 1960 Olympics and brought home gold medals in running. Wilma refused to let her destiny slip through her hands, she kept striving until she reached her inheritance.

In the book of Joshua, we see the leader struggling to move people from slavery in the wilderness to their full inheritance in the Promised Land. What stood in Joshua’s way were kings, specifically 31 kings. Joshua had to fight them all, and he eventually was the victor.

The important point it to understand the kings here represent anything and anyone that stands between you and your inheritance, between walking in victory and in faith, or walking in defeat and sin.

Anthony Robbins states, “We all get what we tolerate.” Want to change your life? Decide what you will no longer tolerate, in your faith, in your relationships, in your character.

What new standard do you need to commit to? If your marriage is failing, there are things you are tolerating that need to be stopped. If you are living in sin, there are actions and thoughts you are tolerating in your life that need to cease. These are the kings in your promised land, these are the temptations and struggles that stand between you and your inheritance.

Identify the top king in your life that stands against you and determine today to remove that king from your life. Maybe it is a sin, maybe it is a fear of the past, or a hurt you have yet to let go of. It could be a bad habit or an unhealthy relationship. You get what you tolerate in life. What will you no longer tolerate, what standard will you now have, and when would “now” be a good time to start to seize your destiny, to move into your rightful inheritance?