Sometimes the task seems impossible.  We look at the outcome we want, and we deem it too big to achieve.  So, we give up or at the very least we don’t try too hard. 

We can we do this sometimes when we look at people around us who have achieved what we think is success.  We see what they accomplished and think to ourselves, “I can’t do that. I’m not that strong. I’m not that good.”

This can seem especially daunting when we don’t have all the information.  If you compress it all down, we get to read the equivalent of a few weeks out of Joseph’s whole life.  And it looks amazing to us what this young man achieved and how he overcame his adversities and seemingly always making the right choice with a smile on his face.  Looking at it like that makes him seem heroic and superhuman.  He ate an elephant.  I can’t eat an elephant.

But, of course, we can.

How do you eat an elephant?  One bite at a time.

Don’t be discouraged by the size of the goal.  Be motivated to break it down to smaller bites.  Joseph was a human being.  He did not wake up one morning to see his success through his trials as a single act that gained him victory. He worked for years at making today’s choices for tomorrow’s victory.  Some days he woke up just like us without a smile, not wanting to make the right choice.  Some days it was hard.  But he took a bite.  The next day he took another.  The next day he took another until the elephant was gone. 

Being Godly and attaining the promised reward can look elephantine.  That’s because it kind of is to be totally honest.  But don’t shy away from the task. Don’t give up on the goal. Start taking bites.