1447 Follow the Prompting

Are you playing it safe? Eliminating the risk so failure isn’t a threat? What have you sacrificed for this safe life where you’re just trying to keep everything the same? Understand this, safe is just another word for regret. God is calling you into a life of full surrender, of bold decisions and BIG living. This is what you were created for. You were never created for safe. A life played safe is a life half-lived. A life played safe will be filled with regret in the end. A study was done on those nearing the end of their life and you know what they regretted most? They regretted the things they didn’t do. They regretted all the times they played it safe, sat it out, let the moment pass without jumping in. They dismissed the prompting. They said no when a big ol’ hearty yes was available, and in the end they regretted it.
Every day I meet you here with a new devotional to encourage, inspire and equip you to live up to your God-given potential, and at the core of it all is this one message … your life is passing you by, don’t regret it. Get in the middle of your life. Jump in this. If you don’t, you’re going to regret it. 2 Thessalonians 1:11 says “May our God make you worthy of his calling. May he give you the power to accomplish all the good things your faith prompts you to do.” May you be worthy of his calling. He is calling you to live this big, beautiful life in the way only you can. May you be worthy of that calling. Here’s the thing, God thinks you are worthy. He knows you have the potential in you because he placed it in you. Now it’s just up to you to live up to it, to step into it, to claim it as your own. Will you live today in a way that is worthy of what God has given you? Or, will you play it safe? If your passion has gone out in your life, recognize this … it’s likely because you’ve played it safe for so long.
I’m glad Jesus didn’t play it safe. I’m glad he didn’t sit it out. Think about that. What has been done for you was anything but safe. And what’s being asked of you is to dive into the life he died to give you. This very day and the decisions you make today will one day flash before your eyes and you will see your entire life from a perspective of all that could have been. DON’T REGRET TODAY. Don’t miss a single opportunity. When life asks if you’ll play, say yes. When life presents an opportunity, jump in. When faith prompts you to do something, go for it! Get out of your head, and get into this one, precious life you have been given. Yesterday, I sat on an airplane flying from Dallas to Miami for 3 hours with 180 complete strangers. One such stranger was a man in a red white and blue Texas hoodie who somewhat randomly chose the seat next to mine. I came to learn this wasn’t just some random man flying into Miami for a beach day. His name was Peter, and he was on a mission to save the life of a young woman named Rosie who found herself in a pit of despair and planned to commit suicide. Peter had learned of her desperate situation by text the night before, so here he was on a plane flying to Miami, prompted by his faith to do something. He didn’t know how he was going to find her, he was just praying he wasn’t too late. This man wasn’t a preacher. He wasn’t a missionary. He was just an ordinary 70 year old man who had retired from his job and decided to use the money God had given him to help everyone he could. Within the past few weeks, he had also bought the freedom of a complete stranger who had been trafficked while trying to escape Cuba. The ransom was $15,000. Peter told me he just couldn’t sleep when he knew he had $15,000 sitting in an account and there was a man who’s entire world could be changed with that money. So, he paid his ransom and bought his freedom. Who does that? Who jumps on planes to try and find one person who is hopeless? Who pays the ransom for a complete stranger? Who lives like that? Someone who is done livi