Last week I received the copy of Ray Pritchard's book, "Fire and Rain - The Wild-Hearted Faith of Elijah" that I won from his Keep Believing Ministries' Facebook page. I confess, I'm only just beginning to read it. However one the things that Pastor Ray says in the introduction has been resonating with me. He asks, "How much are you willing to risk to become all that God wants you to be?"
It isn't too dissimilar to something that someone else said to me about a month ago, "How much are you willing to give up to get what you really want?"
2011 is just hours away. Millions of people around the world are taking stock of their lives, evaluating their successes and failures, and making plans for the upcoming year.
God asks us to take a risk, to give up everything - to give up our lives - for Him. When we do this, He says that He will care for us and bless us in more ways than we can even imagine. In taking that "risk", we open ourselves up to being everything that God wants us to be. Shouldn't that be what we really want?
So what do you say, How much are you willing to give up to get what you really want? How much are you willing to risk to become all that God wants you to be? It's just your life and His will for it.
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