Posts Tagged With: Lion

There Is No Magic Map

In the years I’ve been a Christian I’ve discovered that there is no magic map for navigating your way to the epic life God has called you to. Life in real time is messy. The fingerprints of God are often invisible until you look at them in the rearview mirror.

We treat the subject of God’s will as though it were this crazy, exotic mysterious thing, but in truth it’s far less cryptic than that. Discerning God’s calling is more a relationship than a route, more journey than destination. It’s about who you are becoming more than where you are going. Perhaps it’s less about what you do and more about how well you do whatever you do. It’s not something you have to sit around waiting for; it’s something that’s all around you, even now. It’s here and it’s ready, if you would just open your eyes.

We get hung up on the particulars of God’s concealed will, but—assuming you are walking with him and obeying his revealed will—you can do what you want or go where you want and trust that he is the one leading and guiding through your thoughts and desires.

Read: Proverbs 6:22
           2 Corinthians 6:14
           Ephesians 5:3
           Matthew 5:39
           Psalms 37:4

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From my daily reading plan with YouVersion – Through The Eyes Of A Lion (day #4)

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Destined for Impact

There is a calling on your life. A great, big, God-sized calling. God has plans for you and has been dreaming about them since before you were even born. You are destined for impact. My heart is racing just thinking about it! If you are reading these words, you have been given a unique, powerful, custom-built platform. A voice. As long as there is breath in your lungs, you have a microphone in your hands. There are things God intends for you to accomplish that no one else has been chosen for. Words he wants you to speak. Actions that speak louder than words. And through it all, he wants you to leave a mark, to put a dent in the universe.

Your potential is unlimited. God’s desire is to do through your life “exceedingly and abundantly above” what you could ask for or even think of (Ephesians 3:20). Whether you are sixteen or sixty, no matter where you have been or what you have seen, you haven’t even scratched the surface of all that God intends for you. There is music inside you waiting to burst out, poems you’re meant to write, horses you’re meant to ride, people you’re meant to touch, companies waiting to be launched, things you’re supposed to invent, clothing lines you’ll design—all to the glory of God.

Read: 1Peter 2:9
            Ephesians 3:20
            Jeremiah 29:11
            Romans 5:8

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From my daily reading plan with YouVersion – Through The Eyes Of A Lion (day #3)

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The Naked Eye

Every moment of every day, you are in an invisible battle that ever rages on. As real as the ancient ones you read about in history class and as current as the clips shown on the evening news, it’s as bloody as the French Revolution and as sinister as a suicide bombing. This is not something that could happen someday—it’s happening right now. You’ve heard of the War of the Roses? This is the War of the Lenses.

Will we trust what we can see is there, or believe what God says is there? It’s a decision we are continually confronted with.

Making the choice to see the invisible is not always dramatic. Sometimes it’s low-key, and that’s when it can be the most difficult. Trials have a way of splashing cold water on our faces and rousing us from sleep. It is much easier to slip into cruise control when the sun is out and the birds are chirping. For every person who has been destroyed by suffering, there are probably ten who have been wrecked by success. Trust me when I say this: the issue isn’t whether your life is going well or falling apart; the question is, what makes you so sure you can tell the difference? Things are seldom as they appear.

Read: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

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From my daily reading plan with YouVersion – Through The Eyes Of A Lion (day #1)
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Dear friends,
I am glad to share with all of you this reading plan. I think a lot of you can relate whether Christians or not, and will get the message from this plan.
When we will slow down, free our minds and open our hearts, we will be able to see much more as we think we can see.
A lot of us are artist, photographers, writers and we know how important is the SIGHT whether inner our outer.
I hope you will enjoy this 10-days plan as much as I do.
Blessings!

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