What if you only had a year to live? What if your physician called you up one day with test results and told you that you had 365 days = 8,760 hours = 525,600 minutes = 31,536,000 seconds to live? How would you approach life? How would you treat your family and friends? I don't know about you but I think I would make every one of those 31,536,000 seconds count. I would show my friends and family how much I love them every day, every hour, every minute, every second. I would ask God what it was that he wanted me to accomplish in that year and then I would start to run. Run as fast as I could so I could accomplish all that I wanted to accomplish in that year that I had left to live on this earth.
No, I don't think that I have just one year to live, but I feel that this year I am supposed to take risks. Not because I have a lust for adventure, but because I believe that God wants me to run the race without hesitation. In 2010 God spoke to me and said that the best is yet to come. I thought that meant that I'd see the results in 2010, but instead it was something different. 2010 was 365 days of waiting and praying and seeking God's face. Not knowing what the future would hold. My spiritual Father who was instrumental in me following in his footsteps as a pastor, said, "There is nothing like hindsight to remind one that we have very little foresight no matter how hard we try to design our lives." Man has a certain way that seems right but God's ways prevail. This year I want to do things God's way. I want to take risks because God is calling me to take these risks. God has ordered our steps from the very beginning of time and we can rest knowing that he is in control.
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