Advance

In our student ministry, we took our student interns through a book called Chasing Daylight, by Erwin McManus. In this book, he challenges us to seize the divine moments (whether small or large). In all of our lives, there are opportunities that are placed in front of us that need to be seized. I think that I have been fairly good at seizing the little moments. The ones that are less risky, and that don't require me to get outside my safety box. I also know that I am horrible when it comes to the larger moments. the ones that result in big change or risk. I am a play it safe type of person. I pray through, analyze, analyze again, create pro and con charts, and talk through things until I am blue in the face. I wonder if all that has caused me to miss "Divine moments." What would it look like to just lived a life where I say yes to opportunities and run at them full force until God says stop. Is that really realistic? Is is smart?

There is a quote from this book that is weighing heavy on my heart lately. Erwin states, "More often than not the signs pointing us to advance will be ominous. They will cause us to assess who we are and who we believe God to be. They will make clear our priorities. Are we in it for what we can get or for what we can give? The signs will expose our hearts, reveal our fears, and unleash our faith. There is a word for the mind-set of those who seize divine moments-advance"