Mike’s Musings

Opportunities and life

My life has been full of opportunities, I was reminded yesterday at our staff meeting that I was born with opportunities. I have squandered many opportunities in my life and I will likely squander more before I die.

It was only a few years ago that I started the path to a degree in Christian Ministry with absolutely no good reason why, other than the nudging of God. Now I stand in the beginning stages of planting a church. What an incredible opportunity, what an incredible risk, how incredibly hard yet how could I not move when God nudged? To the eye, I have much to loose and not much to gain, the ministry is probably not know for its great financial rewards or wonderful benefit packages, yet there is so much more to life. As I wrestle with raising support and preparing to launch a new church I came across an interesting post (written by a young church planter) that I can totally relate to.

Steve Furtick:

A lot of people I know are more fearful of making a wrong move than making no move at all [...] If you are currently considering an great, godly, risky opportunity, consider this: The cost of missing out can be greater than the cost of messing up. The opportunity of a lifetime must be seized in the lifetime of the opportunity.