What Are We Waiting For?
Perhaps we aren't waiting for someone to say, "Go pursue your dream." (As I mentioned in the last post.) Still, the years keep passing and we don't get much closer to living our dreams. For many of us, it will take more than January to jar us from the procrastination and discouragement that fits us like a well-worn jacket. So what is stopping us?
Like my sister, some people regret not finishing their degree. She would like to turn back time and take those higher education opportunities serious. But for her and others it may seem like it's too late for an educational makeover.
Speaking of too late, others of us are closer to the finish line than the starting line as it relates to the work of our hands. How can we consider a new pursuit as we near the age when most people retire? If we'd just made better choices when we were young and strong.
In the Christmas classic, It's a Wonderful Life, George Bailey points out the third thing we often let stop us. In a conversation, George asked Clarence the angel how he could help him get him wings.
"By letting me help you," Clarence said.
"You don't have eight thousand bucks on you?" George asked.
"Oh no, no, we don't use money in heaven."
"Well, it comes in pretty handy down here, bub." George said.
We can't disagree with George, money does come in handy. But God reveals there's something we need more than education, physical strength, and cash.
Like my sister, some people regret not finishing their degree. She would like to turn back time and take those higher education opportunities serious. But for her and others it may seem like it's too late for an educational makeover.
Speaking of too late, others of us are closer to the finish line than the starting line as it relates to the work of our hands. How can we consider a new pursuit as we near the age when most people retire? If we'd just made better choices when we were young and strong.
In the Christmas classic, It's a Wonderful Life, George Bailey points out the third thing we often let stop us. In a conversation, George asked Clarence the angel how he could help him get him wings.
"By letting me help you," Clarence said.
"You don't have eight thousand bucks on you?" George asked.
"Oh no, no, we don't use money in heaven."
"Well, it comes in pretty handy down here, bub." George said.
We can't disagree with George, money does come in handy. But God reveals there's something we need more than education, physical strength, and cash.
"Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom,
let not the mighty man boast in his might,
let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him
who boasts boast of this, that he understands
and knows Me, that I am the Lord who exercises
lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness on earth;
for I delight in these things," declares the Lord.
(Jeremiah 9:23, 24)
- Do we let the lack of a university degree stop us when the Creator of the Universe promises to help us? (Psalm 32:8)
- Do we think having lived half a century or more disqualifies us from pursuing the new things nestled in old dreams? Yet God promises to renew our youth like the eagle's (Psalm 103:5).
- Does a low income stir inferior feelings that hold us back when all the silver and gold belongs to our heavenly Father? (Haggai 2:8)
Taking God's lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness personally is the catalyst that breaks us free. Allowing Him to exercise these blessings on our behalf, changes everything, including our outlook. And it all unfolds as we get to know Him a little more each day. He loves it when we do new things - the good works he prepared for us before we ever took our first step.
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