Adventures

Theme: Adventures

Verse: 2 Corinthians 11:26

What is the biggest adventure you have been on?  Maybe you climbed a mountain or dove into a beautiful sea and saw brilliantly colored fish. Perhaps you visited another continent and learned about a different culture. Whatever it was, I’m confident your adventure was a little exciting and possibly a bit scary as you charted out into an unknown place.

As you go along your personal journey you may find God calling you to do something seemingly impossible.  Maybe it is running that first 5k, 10k, ½ marathon, or yes even that 26.2 monster, the full marathon.  Or maybe it’s not a run.  Maybe it’s an opportunity to serve people in a way you never considered before.  Whatever it is, it’s good for us to step out into the unknown to test our limits and comfort zone.  God has wired us to do just that.

I recall when my good friend, Ron, invited me to join him on his Saturday morning ritual, a 12-mile run. The night prior I had trouble sleeping wondering what that was going to be like since at the time I had not gone beyond 6 or so miles. Four o’clock AM rolled around, I got ready, drove to the meeting spot, and off we went. About 2 hours later, I was coming up the now familiar Nature’s Way Blvd at the conclusion of the run and realized that what seemed so daunting was not so bad. I’ve been doing some version of that run every Saturday now for the last 20 years.

The point is, what seems like great challenges, once tried, typically are not as impossible as we make them out to be.  We just need to take the leap, trusting that God will guide us and give us the strength we need at the moment.

Go find your adventure and have a great week! 

Adapted from They Will Run and Not Grow Weary by David Alan Black