Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death.
Set God-sized goals. Pursue God-ordained passions. Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention.... Stop repeating the past and start creating the future.
Don't let what's wrong with you keep you from worshipping what's right with God. Burn sinful bridges. Blaze a new trail....Worry less about what people think and more about what God thinks. Don't try to be who you're not...
Quit holding out. Quit holding back. Quit running away...
What if the life you really want and the future God wants for you are actually hiding in your biggest problem, worst failure, or greatest fear?...
When we don't have the guts to step out in faith and chase lions, God is robbed of the glory that rightfully belongs to Him.
And the truth is this: The greatest regret at the end of out lives will be the lions we didn't chase.
I'm convinced that many of us are one chase away from our dreams becoming reality. I can't promise it will be a short or an easy chase. In fact, it will probably scare the living daylights out of you.
But where you end up in life really does trace back to how you react when you cross paths with a lion.
-from an article by Mark Batterson in the Jan-Feb 2007 issue of Relevant Magazine Labels: other people's words |
