As another writer said, “I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.”
Melinda Wallace asked, “Are we asking for quality from each and every minute we spend? Jesus thought our life worthy of spilling His blood for; are we devaluing His blood with a lackadaisical approach to life? “Few people set out to live a mediocre life, but many arrive there. Why? Simply because they take the path of least resistance.”
It takes courage to reach for one’s destiny. Far too many Christians have been derailed from the journey God planned for them, merely because they naively expected a smooth trip on this side of heaven.
Eugene Peterson skillfully captures God’s heart in this in his translation of Matthew 25:26, 27 in The Message: “That’s a terrible way to live! It’s criminal to live cautiously like that! If you knew I was after the best, why did you do less than the least?”
Let me ask again: What legacy are you leaving? How have you multiplied your ministry? How have you touched lives?
Impact and legacy start with listening – listening to God, listening to those whom we serve and listening to those to whom we’re accountable. Some of us have buried our talents because we’ve failed to listen. We need the patience to wait on God for vision and then the fortitude to live out that vision one day at a time.
That is great Seth and so true. Your words are an encouragement! Thanks!
Caroline =)
Ps. 56:3
The verse Philippians 3:12 really struck me the other day and it applys perfectly to what you are saying
“…but I strive to take hold of that for which God took hold of me.”
It is an honor to be chosen. God has a great plan for you to fulfill and he has endoued you with the power to do it. That for which Go took hold of you may not be an easy task but that is our purpose. For Chrisitans Fate deffinetly exists.