"Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase."
William Congreve
I have observed in my life that the more things I have and the more successes I achieve the less energy I have for new ventures and risks. As I come to enjoy the benefits of the material things I own, the positions I occupy and the worldly security I have it it tempting to spend a lot of time and energy maintaining those things and making sure that I don't lose them. More than that I am tempted to evaluate the next mountain I might climb based on the fear that it might not be as good as the mountain I am currently sitting on. But if I fall into that trap I loose the excitement of allowing God to bring adventure, anticipation and new accomplishments into my life. In the end I loose everything that is important trying to hang on to what I already have. Many years ago I had a dream. In that dream God breathed on me and I felt great joy. Then he said: "You will always be in the path of the breath of my Spirit." I have remembered that dream because it gave me great joy.
Recently I was with a group of students talking about their future. The group was teasing one of its members saying that his father was rich and that his future was secure because his father would make sure that he owned the family business and so the future was bright. As they went around the room one girl said: "He has a father but I have a dream." Because of Jesus I have both a dream and a Father. My security however, does not come from the things of this world. It is not threatened by the new ventures that the Lord puts in my way. Instead my security is enhanced. Oh to always be in the path of the breath of His Spirit.
I agree with you here and when I get in a position that may stretch my boundaries one way or another, I like to think of the story of John the Baptist in prison when he had to send out the disciples to find Jesus and ask - are you really the Christ? If anyone should have known Jesus, don't you think it would be John? Yet, life grabs our wants and needs and pushes on Faith and then perhaps God then says - let go! Thank God that this God allows us to question, to test, to hold and to then let go knowing He is the Way, the Truth, the Life!
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