Prospects and Possibilities

This is the third time that I have tried to make an entry into this blogsite. It seems that I find myself in a miserable place called, the waiting room. Life seems full of prospects and possibilities, yet not much is happening. Hopes, dreams, plans, and ideas are all waiting to become finds and realities.

Fast then slow, up then down, round and round we go - life often feels just like a roller coaster. The problem is that all too often we seem to end up right where we started and all that has happened is we have gotten a little older and we have a few tales to tell. Some how we have to break free from this cycle and race down a new track. Some how we must turn our prospects and possibilities into finds and realities.

So what is holding us back? Fear! It's the fear of getting hurt. Fear of failure. Fear of commitment. Fear of not being accepted, or a dozen other things we are afraid of when it comes from doing something different, something else, something we haven't done before. There is one thing about roller coasters, as fast and wild as they are, they are safe. Unfortuneately, life and ministry isn't always safe. It isn't set on a rails and we aren't strapped and harnessed in. Unless, you give your life to God.

It's a thing of faith and yet often we get to participate in the decisions. God puts us on His all-knowing rails and sets our life whirling through the most incredible thrill ride. In Christ life can be pretty radical and exciting, but we have to be willing to stay on the ride with Him. It may seem like there is nothing holding us in, but that's the way of faith. Also, at times, He seems to give us the choice to go faster, or not. Other times we want to go faster and He slows us down.

Whatever you are going through right now, fast or slow, up or down, don't be afraid. Trust God and turn your prospects in finds. Work, dig and search for the gold (what is important) in your life, God will help you find it. And turn those possibilities, even the long shots, into realities by optimistically going for it by faith, believing in the God of possibilities.