“If you’re not daring to believe God for the impossible, you’re sleeping through some of the best parts of your Christian life.”

A thought from Steven Furtick, (2010-09-21) from his book, Sun Stand Still: What Happens When You Dare to Ask God for the Impossible (Kindle Locations 230-231). Multnomah Books. Kindle Edition.

What an awesome, soul searching question. I’ll be honest, I want as a 64 year old retired church planter to believe that even at this stage of my life the impossible can happen and I don’t want to sleep through some of the best parts of my Christian life. I really don’t believe the effective time of my life is over. I really don’t.

But what is the impossible that God wants to do through me? I am very serious about asking that question. Oh I know I should just be satisfied with the life I have lived so far and to just settle in to living out my retirement but if I do that I just might miss some of the best parts of my Christian life. I don’t want to do that.

I have been for the past three years getting my emotional and physical life in order. I really was tired after fighting the battle of being a pastor in Las Vegas, Nevada. It took its emotional and physical toll on me. There were some things that happened in my last two years there that brought me low so I needed this time of rejuvenation. But what have I been rejuvenated to do?

Now the impossible for me could be just to be satisfied with writing my two blogs, spending lots and lots of time at Starbucks feeding in to people’s lives, exploring where we live with Margaret, my wife, enjoying time with my mother and my sister and her family and just letting God use me each and every hour I live. If you talked to Margaret you would see that my being satisfied would be impossible. So maybe that is what God wants me to dare to believe for in my life. Whatever it is I’m going to dare to believe in the impossible.

So what about you

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