“You fulfill your destiny one opportunity at a time.”

A thought by Mark Batterson (2016-09-06) from his book, Chase the Lion: If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It's Too Small (Kindle Locations 202-203). The Crown Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title of the book to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

You may not be into fulfilling your destiny but if you’re a Christ follower it might be something to reevaluate. God has created each one of us with a destiny in mind.

Mark says, “Most of us spend our lives running away from the things we’re afraid of. We forfeit our dreams on the altar of fear. Or we chase after the wrong things. We’re so busy climbing the ladder of success that we fail to realize it’s leaning against the wrong wall. At the end of our lives, our greatest regrets will be the God-ordained opportunities we left on the table, the God-given passions we didn’t pursue, and the God-sized dreams we didn’t go after because we let fear dictate our decisions.

He says, “By definition, a God-sized dream will be beyond your ability, beyond your resources. Unless God does it, it can’t be done! And that is precisely how God gets the glory. He does things we can’t do so we can’t take credit for them. God honors big dreams because big dreams honor God. Destiny is not a mystery. Destiny is a decision— a difficult decision, a daring decision, a counterintuitive decision. You fulfill your destiny one opportunity at a time.”

He then says, “If you’re looking for an excuse, you’ll always find one. If you’re looking for an opportunity, you’ll always find one. There are amazing opportunities all around us all the time, but you have to see them to seize them.”

So are you ready to see them and seize them?

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