Jump.

God makes his living by putting us in the right place at the right time. The problem is that we either are to preoccupied with the mundane or to scared to capture His sacred moment for us. 

It's crazy. I wonder how many times we pray for some great movement of God and then when He presents it, we cower away. Do we embrace uncertainty? Are we willing to risk looking foolish? Do we wait to long to jump in? Do we over analyze things that might happen or could happen? Let me confess I'm guilty.

But there is a question that really reaches into my guts. Do I have the courage and the trust to risk my life for the cause of Christ? I'm convicted by what Mark Batterson said; "When we don't have the guts to step out in faith, then God is robbed of the glory that rightfully belongs to Him." Here's the thing, when we risk, it's often only because there is a good chance that we will receive some reward for it (praise or promotion). Yet the One who called us to it, prepared us for it, walked with us through it, and blessed us because of it, seldom gets the glory due Him. When I think that my taking a risk could actually bring glory to God - it changes everything!

What if my growth in Christ is directly related to my seeing and jumping into God's ordained opportunities? Do I see myself as mature? Or am I so stuck on myself that I can't see past myself and the cost I may have to pay? What if the thing that seems like a 'cost' to me is actually the 'blessing' that God wants me to have?

I'm convinced that my biggest regrets in life will be the God ordained opportunities I failed to chase. Sometimes you just have to jump.