The Adventure of Becoming Who I Am!
You are never more a man (or woman) than when you embrace an adventure beyond your control, or when you walk into a battle you aren’t sure of winning.
We should see every adventure of our life as an opportunity for initiation. What are You teaching me, God? What are You asking me to do or to let go of? What in my heart are You speaking to?
Oswald Chambers said, “Never make a principle out of your experience; let God be as original with other people as He is with you.”
Originality and creativity are essential to identity and calling.
The adventure begins and our real strength is released when we no longer rely on formulas. God is an immensely creative person and He wants His children to live that way to.
God wants us to know that our battles are personal to Him and He will design personal and unique strategies for each battle.
The theme of our story is how we become human. What does it mean to become human, be a real man, a real woman? What must we deal with in order to become ourselves, to grow up?
We can’t be human without God. Human life is a great gift; every part of it is designed by God and therefore means something. Every part of it is blessed by God and therefore is to be enjoyed.
We can refuse to participate in God, act as if He isn’t our designer, provider and covenant presence. But when we refuse, we’re less; our essential humanity is less, our lives are diminished and impoverished.
God-thirst is the most powerful drive in us, stronger than all the drives of sex, power, security and fame put together.
To be God-chosen is to be God-anointed, God-assigned and God-defined. Once you know who you are, you acquire a God-dominated imagination. You practice the presence of God and His presence captivates your thinking about your responses to life.
The most personal, most significant, most human thing we ever do is to believe in and trust in God.
And I’ll leave you with this…your thumbprint is God’s way of reminding you of how unique and special you truly are!
