Our lives are lived mostly inside the lines. We drive in between two lines; punch in and out at work; wait in line at the supermarket; follow the flow of pedestrian traffic at the mall. We think beginning and end, start to finish and young to old.
There has to be more to your life. There is more to your life. It's outside the lines that you live in. To get outside the lines, you have to push the limits.
Just last week I was driving (just as a side note, I'm always driving...to the tune of a 150 miles per day!) and thinking about the dreams that God has placed in my heart. Quickly, my schedule and priorities began to deflate my dreaming/praying session. By the way, dreaming is praying without words. With the weight of what I had to get accomplished looming overhead, I unknowingly and quickly dismissed what God was developing in my heart.
Days went by. I accomplished quite a bit of work. But then I was reminded again of what was most important. A year from now, im not going to remember those 'important' things that I had to complete. But when I accomplish what God is leading me to do, I'll remember that on my deathbed...and so will my kids. You see, I believe that we were each created for a purpose. We dream of living lives that make a difference. In order to live that difference, we must push the limits.
There is always a level of risk in pushing the limits.
What if those around you give up?
What if those around you think you've gone too far?
What if you fail?
What if, in pushing the limits, you succeed?
In Matthew 25, Jesus uses a story of 3 servants who received different amounts of their master's money according to their ability and experience to handle it. Two of the servants used their ability and experience to accomplish something and returned even more than they received back to their master. But the last servant did very little, almost nothing with what his master left him with. The master called the last servant wicked and lazy, not because he failed to do something, but because the servant did not live up to his capacity. Instead of pushing the limits, he played it safe. Safety, comfort and predictability should not be our goals in life.
Let nothing stand in the way of living up to your capacity and your pursuit of the God-sized dreams in your heart.
Living a life beneath our divine capacity is dishonoring God.
one love...one life.
Guy
There has to be more to your life. There is more to your life. It's outside the lines that you live in. To get outside the lines, you have to push the limits.
Just last week I was driving (just as a side note, I'm always driving...to the tune of a 150 miles per day!) and thinking about the dreams that God has placed in my heart. Quickly, my schedule and priorities began to deflate my dreaming/praying session. By the way, dreaming is praying without words. With the weight of what I had to get accomplished looming overhead, I unknowingly and quickly dismissed what God was developing in my heart.
Days went by. I accomplished quite a bit of work. But then I was reminded again of what was most important. A year from now, im not going to remember those 'important' things that I had to complete. But when I accomplish what God is leading me to do, I'll remember that on my deathbed...and so will my kids. You see, I believe that we were each created for a purpose. We dream of living lives that make a difference. In order to live that difference, we must push the limits.
There is always a level of risk in pushing the limits.
What if those around you give up?
What if those around you think you've gone too far?
What if you fail?
What if, in pushing the limits, you succeed?
In Matthew 25, Jesus uses a story of 3 servants who received different amounts of their master's money according to their ability and experience to handle it. Two of the servants used their ability and experience to accomplish something and returned even more than they received back to their master. But the last servant did very little, almost nothing with what his master left him with. The master called the last servant wicked and lazy, not because he failed to do something, but because the servant did not live up to his capacity. Instead of pushing the limits, he played it safe. Safety, comfort and predictability should not be our goals in life.
Let nothing stand in the way of living up to your capacity and your pursuit of the God-sized dreams in your heart.
Living a life beneath our divine capacity is dishonoring God.
one love...one life.
Guy
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