Now there were four men with leprosy
at the entrance of the city gate.
They said to each other, "Why stay here until we die?
at the entrance of the city gate.
They said to each other, "Why stay here until we die?
2 Kings 7:3
Do you find that you have settled down to a place where your life has really become comfortable and therefore your number one goal in life now is to play it safe, to lower the risks and to just sit where you are? If that is true, there will be no more reason for you to exercise faith in God and there will be no more opportunity for God to wow you with His manifold blessings.
Four lepers were sitting at the entrance of the city gate one day. The nation was under siege; the economy was decimated and people were resorting to cannibalism because there was nothing left to eat. It was worse for these four lepers. They could not even get into the city. They were left to just sit and die. But instead, they chose to risk their lives and do the unusual. They went over to the enemy camp only to discover the the Lord had miraculously confused the enemies who left their camp leaving behind gold and silver and clothings and food. The lepers were floored by their fortune! Imagine if they had chosen to just sit there and die.
On your deathbed, in the twilight of your life, it will not be all the risks you took that you will regret the most. Rather, what will fill your heart with the greatest moment of regret and sadness will be all those risks that you did not take, all those God-sent opportunities you did not seize and all those fears you did not face.
To live life to the fullest, don't just sit there and be comfortable. Look to the Lord and by faith do the things that you fear. You fear going up to someone to share your faith, do it. Take that risk. You fear sharing your testimony, do it. You fear making a stand for your faith amidst your friends, do it. Get good at being uncomfortable. Stop walking the path of least resistance. Otherwise, you will be living a life of regrets. You will never experience what God has for you on the other side of your fears.
The real secret to a life of abundance is to stop spending your days searching for personal security and start spending your time pursuing God-sent opportunities - those divine appointments. You can choose to spend the rest of your days sitting on the shore of life in complete safety or you can take some risks, dive deep into the water and discover the pearls that is waiting for the person of true courage; for the one who walks by faith in God.
Theodore Roosevelt wrote this:
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose faced is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows in the end the triumphs of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Do you find that you have settled down to a place where your life has really become comfortable and therefore your number one goal in life now is to play it safe, to lower the risks and to just sit where you are? If that is true, there will be no more reason for you to exercise faith in God and there will be no more opportunity for God to wow you with His manifold blessings.
Four lepers were sitting at the entrance of the city gate one day. The nation was under siege; the economy was decimated and people were resorting to cannibalism because there was nothing left to eat. It was worse for these four lepers. They could not even get into the city. They were left to just sit and die. But instead, they chose to risk their lives and do the unusual. They went over to the enemy camp only to discover the the Lord had miraculously confused the enemies who left their camp leaving behind gold and silver and clothings and food. The lepers were floored by their fortune! Imagine if they had chosen to just sit there and die.
On your deathbed, in the twilight of your life, it will not be all the risks you took that you will regret the most. Rather, what will fill your heart with the greatest moment of regret and sadness will be all those risks that you did not take, all those God-sent opportunities you did not seize and all those fears you did not face.
To live life to the fullest, don't just sit there and be comfortable. Look to the Lord and by faith do the things that you fear. You fear going up to someone to share your faith, do it. Take that risk. You fear sharing your testimony, do it. You fear making a stand for your faith amidst your friends, do it. Get good at being uncomfortable. Stop walking the path of least resistance. Otherwise, you will be living a life of regrets. You will never experience what God has for you on the other side of your fears.
The real secret to a life of abundance is to stop spending your days searching for personal security and start spending your time pursuing God-sent opportunities - those divine appointments. You can choose to spend the rest of your days sitting on the shore of life in complete safety or you can take some risks, dive deep into the water and discover the pearls that is waiting for the person of true courage; for the one who walks by faith in God.
Theodore Roosevelt wrote this:
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose faced is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows in the end the triumphs of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
"The men who had leprosy reached the edge of the camp
and entered one of the tents.
and entered one of the tents.
They ate and drank, and carried away silver, gold and clothes,
and went off and hid them.
They returned and entered another tent and took some things from it
and hid them also."
2 Kings 7:8
and went off and hid them.
They returned and entered another tent and took some things from it
and hid them also."
2 Kings 7:8
