Lose it Today
Ξ December 30th, 2009 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Self-improvement:Spiritual |
Our life is like a clean canvas, waiting to be painted on with lots of colors.
But most of us hesitate when it comes to picking up the paintbrush and boldly filling it with color. We’d love
somebody else to at least give us an outline about what “should” be drawn.
We want somebody else to tell us who to be.
It frees us from responsibility and especially from risk.
Oh, that risk!
Most of us spend our life’s energy on eliminating risks or at least trying to control it as much as possible. We
reject anything that cannot be controlled.
The problem is you lose your soul and your dreams when you insist on controlling things. Too many people forsake their dream because they are not willing to take a risk.
Many don’t take risks because they fear they aren’t up to the challenge. These people have never learned to take the desire in their hearts seriously.
But deep down inside we know that we were not created to live our life controlling things. We were created by Almighty God to live an adventure.
Adventures are exciting…and risky.
Today you can recover the dreams of your heart by releasing control!
Because God does not operate according to formulas. He is a person with a limitless creativity. He is a truly free and alive personality.
Whoever chooses to walk with Him must prepare for adventure. He cannot be put into a religious, doctrinal or theological box.
He has already designed you for a specific task to accomplish in this world. But don’t go looking for it there,
search inside. That is where you will find your calling.
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what
the world needs is people who have come alive.” Gil Bailie
What makes you come alive? What is written in your heart? Don’t ask yourself how to achieve it. That is God’s problem.
You will walk it out with Him, one day at a time, together with Him. It will be full of amazing surprises and unexpected challenges, but when all has been said and done, it will always be good.
Oh, and remember…
“Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you
go” (Joshua 1:9)
G.F.I (Go For It) and lose it today!
Bettina
who’s lost it and doesn’t want it back!
PD If you want to learn how to flow with God’s plan for your life, I have written a whole book describing my journey and what I learned in the process. It is filled with revelations He gave me as I searched for His way of living my life instead of mine.
You can find it here.
The place where God calls you is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meets. Frederick Buechner