If You Want To Walk On Water...


Part of the reward of heaven is that we will finally see the potential of humanity realized - including ours. Heaven will be the ultimate place of realized potential. There will be no unopened gifts there.
So why don't you take a moment to ask some questions:
-What is my deepest dream?
-How much passion do I experience in my daily life?
-What do I want my epitaph to say?
-How much am I growing these days?
-How often do I take risks that require a power greater than my own?
-If I had to name the "one true thing" that I believe I was set on this earth to do, what would it be?
-How clear is it to me?
....You may feel that, from a human perspective, what you have to offer doesn't count for much, that it will never be very visible or dramatic.
Jesus has made it clear: There is no truth in such a perspective. We serve the Lord of the Gift.
The Lord of the Gift can take five fish and two loaves and feed the multitudes. The Lord of the gift can take two mites given by an impoverished widow and make it the lead gift in the whole campaign. The Lord of the gift can take a stuttering fugitive named Moses and defy a world-power dictator and his army. The Lord of the Gift can go from a blood-stained cross to an empty tomb. The Lord of the Gift can take twelve bumbling followers and create a community that has spread throughout the world with a dream that refuses to die.
...He can take what you have to offer and make a difference that matters for eternity.
You have no idea what your potential is.
From If you Want to Walk on Water, you've Got to Get Out of the Boat John Ortberg