I’ll never forget El Dorado, 4th grade classmate TJ Morton. He was the kid in elementary school that everyone wanted to be friends with for the summer because he had the olympic size swimming pool @ his house. And while all the kids were jumping off the diving boards and swimming around, my mom made me wear floaties around my arms and I had to stay in the shallow end of the pool. I know she was worried about me, but the solution wasn’t to cover up the problem, but fix it. I needed to learn how to swim. That and I didn’t want to be the only one in middle school still with mickey mouse floaties, so I taught myself to swim.
I didn’t want to limit myself and keep playing it safe--I had my sights set on the diving board--I was determined. By the 5th grade i was launching off the diving board into deeper dangerous waters.
What has to happen in your life to get you out of your safety zone and become a risk taker for God? I don’t want to tell my great grandchildren about all the times I played it safe, I want to talk about big dreams, and big faith.
But it starts on a personal level.
Where’s your eyesight? the diving board, or the baby pool? You’ll never do the high dive spending all your time airing up your floaties.
Most people will only dream of doing great things for God, but the difference between the risk takers and the play it safers is their sights are set on Jesus and their faith isn’t a just a word to make them look religious, but it’s a way of life.
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