"In the great race of life, there are some Christ-followers who stand out from all the rest. I call them the resilient ones. The further they run, the stronger they get. They seem to possess these spiritual quailities:
- They are committed to finishing strong
- They run inspired by a big-picture view of life.
- They run free of the weight of the past.
- They run confidently, trained to go the distance.
- They run in the company of a 'happy few'" (vii).
In my pursuit to understand God's chazoan for me, and in seeking to hear His still small voice as I seek to daily live as a disciple of Jesus, I am convinced that He is calling me to an intensity of faith and life that I have never really known. It is a life that is committed not to just finishing strong, but living strong every day for Jesus.
In the weeks to come, I am intentionally going to get quiet before Him. Unplugging from the distractions of cell phones and the internet for extended times daily, and even from people and conversation -- I want to just commune in His presence and listen -- listen to His voice, hear His heartbeat, and understand what it is in this moment, in these days that He wants to say to me. At times I will share the adventure, but mostly it will be a quiet journey -- to know and to be known by Him. On the other side of this sabbatical, my prayer is that I will in fact have discovered my chazoan and in addition, become resilient, not in my own strength, but in His as He works out His will in and through me.
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