At any given time in my home…I usually have technology within my reach. Whether it be my laptop, my iPhone or my watch…I am able to connect with the world wide web fairly easily. They are all amazing products when you consider how much information can be accessed from such small devices.
I remember the computer that was used in the company I worked for after I graduated from high school (yes, this was back in the dark ages!). The computer almost filled an entire room because it was so big; and it couldn’t do near what my small devices can do now. It just blows my mind to think of how far technology has come because there were people who had the vision; people who didn’t dwell on their failures – but learned from them and kept “keeping on” until each hurdle was jumped and they had success.
What if they would have just been happy with that huge computer they first introduced? What if the designers would have given up when they hit their first “speed bump”, thinking it would be so much easier and take less effort to just be happy with what they had? Think of all the wonderful devices we wouldn’t have today if that would have been their attitude.
This can also apply to our lives. God has such amazing, incredible experiences He wants us to encounter, but unfortunately, we are often satisfied to just stay where we are. We hit a speed bump and we immediately back off, mope about our failure, and decide it just takes too much effort to move forward. I often wonder how many times there is something amazing waiting for us, but we never experience it because we’ve planted ourselves in our recliner watching the world go by...because that is where we feel “safe”.
There is a saying I have shared many times in my speaking. It reads: “Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming – Wow, what a ride!” I don’t know about you, but I can feel my heart beating and my blood pumping just reading these words!
This is how I want to live my life. I want to experience everything God has for me, because when I stand before Him, I so desperately want Him to say, “Welcome my good and faithful servant. Wow, what a ride you had!”
So why don’t you join me? Put your helmet on, strap on your boots, and let’s continue moving forward on the journey God has planned for us. We will probably make mistakes and yes, we will more than likely hit a few speed bumps, but that won’t stop us. Remember, our “Tour Guide” knows the way, He never gets lost, and our final destination has streets of gold!! Now THAT ought to get your blood pumping!!!
And if you still aren’t convinced…..read what it says in Hebrews 12:1-3 in The Message:
“Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we'd better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he's there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!”
Let’s get running!!!
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