"Your biggest regret at the end of your life will be the lions you did not chase >> the risks you didn't take, the opportunities you didn't seize, the dreams you didn't pursue.
One of the most under-appreciated dimensions of spiritual maturity is good old-fashioned guts. Gutsiness is a big part of following Christ. It's challenging the status quo. Daring to be different. Refusing to play things safe. No guts, no glory.
Faithfulness has nothing to do with maintaining the status quo or holding the fort. Jesus made it clear that His church was not so much meant to be on the defense against the Enemy's attacks as to be on the offensive. Faithfulness is about actively making way for His kingdom and storming the gates of the Enemy.
Most of us stop creatively forging our way into the future and start reliving and repeating the past. We stop acting on the dreams of our God-given imagination and start reacting to our narrowly-focused memory. We stop chasing lions and start running from them.
What lion is God calling you to chase?
- I encourage all of us to go after the dreams that God's given us, that's 'God-sized' enough for us to fail without Him
- I encourage all of us to step out of our comfort zone and value every experience - even the difficult ones
- Go chase the lion!
