Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that the LORD will work for us, for nothing can hinder the LORD from saving by many or by few.”
1 Samuel 14:6
Where are the men and women today who live like this? With boldness and surrender, courage and decisiveness… aggressively accomplishing God’s purposes here on Earth! When God tells us that he will never leave us, that promise is not meant to leave us trying to figure out God’s hidden will for every decision we make, rather, it is meant to give us a fearless boldness to seize every opportunity we can that God sends our way. Maybe things will turn out great, maybe they won’t (like Jonathan said) but if life is short (and it is) and God is waiting for us in heaven (and He is) then what a GREAT way to go out!! Daring great and small things for God!
How many of us consider the work of Christ our personal responsibility? I have a suspicion that there are far more sideliner Christians than we could ever imagine. People who look as if they’re in the game, but in reality are watching from up close. To follow Jesus is to move with God. When you become a part of God’s movement, you are a missionary.
“Every missionary has a mission. The mission gives him both intentionality and purpose. He has no minutes to waste. He is required to seize every moment that God gives him. Is it possible that God longs for this for all of us?
Maybe you’ve been afraid to get in the game because you’re afraid to lose. In the Kingdom of God, victory comes the instant you refuse to simply watch life happen and you get in the game. For too many of us, because we fear failure, we are afraid to try. Sometimes we live vicariously through the lives of others. Instead of being life voyagers, we become life voyeurs. I think it’s one of the reasons we entertain ourselves to death. We find our romance in You’ve Got Mail, and we fight our battles through William Wallace and Maximus Aurelius. And there might as well be a glass screen between real life and us because the closest we get to fulfilling our life’s dreams is watching them. We’ve accepted our place, our lot in life, as sidelines.”
When someone near us seizes his divine moment, it stirs something within us. A lifetime of passivity only makes dormant our longing for adventure. A life where endless moments are left buried in the cemetery of unfulfilled opportunities may grow cold, but not dead. Until our bodies return to dust, there will always be a voice crying out within us to move from existence to life. The possibilities that await us in each moment are fueled by the potential God has placed within us. Seizing your divine moment is not simply about opportunity; at the core it is about essence. It’s about the kind of life you live as a result of the person you are becoming. The challenges you are willing to face will rise in proportion to the character you are willing to develop. With the depth of godly character comes an intensity of godly passion. It is in this process of transformation that we find the fuel to engage with confidence the opportunities placed before us.”
Seizing Your Divine Moment
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