I thought today I would start with a story I heard at church this past Sunday.
There was a blind eight year old girl trapped on the tenth floor of a burning building. The fire department didn't have a ladder tall enough to reach her. They did have a net. The little girl was scared to jump and as the flames grew closer she still refused to jump. Suddenly the little girl hears her father’s voice saying "Jump! I promise I'll catch you!" The little girl jumped to safety as soon as she heard this.
When I heard this I knew I would be writing about it this week. Don't we all feel like this sometimes? Trapped up high with the fire to our backs? Trying everyday to move closer to our goal but not taking much risk? So fearful we might rather get burned than take a leap of faith?
Who's voice is calling you? Or rather what is calling you?
This is obviously a rather extreme example. But the point I'm hoping to drive is that sometimes we know what we must do. We don't because we can't see the future and don't know how things may work out. So we stay doing the same thing fearful and end up getting burned. If you have a change that needs to be made to be successful, make that jump. We are half-way through the week and only have less than 60 days left in the year. But there is always time to make an impact. With one of the years most stressful times approaching why not jump? What do you have to lose? If you are truly passionate like that little girl was with her dad, you will jump and be successful.
***Took this story from Sagebrush Community Church. Catch the podcast at http://sagebrush.cc/currentseries week 5***
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