Going For Broke

Yesterday I wrote about it never being too late in your life to be radically transformed. I hope you've had some time to ponder that and see that, no matter where you are in life, God can and will shape you and guide you straight to the door of His will. All you have to do is walk through it.

If you've accepted that as truth, then I have questions for you today. For you, how does selling out for God look? If you allow yourself to believe that nothing is out of your grasp with God, what is it that you most want in your grasp? God put your passion inside of you for a reason. If something has been holding you back from pursuing it then maybe you need to let God clear the road for you.

Looking back on your life, I would imagine that there have been things you really wanted to happen. I would also imagine that there have been times when it didn't happen which left you disappointed. I'm also going to guess that through that disappointment came something that ended up being far better anyway. God works like that, you see? It's because He understands even more than you what the desires of your heart are and He knows when you thing you strive for isn't the absolute best thing...so you get to be disappointed for a time so He can give you the best. That's the kind of Father we have, you and I.

I had a girlfriend all through high school and into college. We did everything together and I think we both really thought we'd found the one...and I messed that up royally when another girl decided I needed to be with her. That relationship didn't end well (BIG shock, right?) resulting in a series of relationships where I think I tried really hard to recapture the magic I had the first time.

I was engaged twice in that span of time, sure each time that this was the girl for me. I couldn't understand why God wouldn't give me the family I so desperately wanted. It's pretty easy looking back to see that God knew what He was doing.

God had the perfect woman for me already picked out. He had a son prepared for us to raise that I couldn't love one single bit more and a daughter for us to raise who consistently stretches and amazes us as parents. God had a life for me that was everything I had imagined and so much more!

The thing is, though, I had to work to make it happen. I saw the opportunity God put there and just knew that it was right. But Suzanne wasn't always so sure and we had family and friends telling us we were moving too fast and that it just wouldn't work. We're two strong personalities which means she took a bunch of convincing. I had the opportunity and I had no choice but to sell out, to go for broke to get it.

God has a plan. It's the best plan. He knows exactly what you long for in your life. Your opportunities will come. The only question that remains is, when it does will you go for broke?