Missed Opportunities..

Last week I turned 22. This is the photo from the birthday bash last night. It was also Carlie and Dan's birthdays during the week, so it was a mass celebration, which made it all the more fun! This photo was probably the classic of the night. It was just after everyone had sung Happy Birthday, and people had their cameras pointing at us. Someone yelled out "1, 2,3", and I thought that at the sign of three we'd all smile for the photo. Carlie and Dan thought otherwise, and instead of smiling, they blew out all of the candles before I could take a breath and puff some of them out myself! So all of the candles had been blown out, and I didn't get to blow out one! I felt jipped! I felt robbed of an opportunity! ... I demaded that they re lit a candle so I could at least blow one out! lol.


As I looked at this photo as I uploaded it onto my computer, I started thinking that missing the opportunity to blow out a candle possibly isn't the only opportunity I've missed in my life. And it challenged me to start taking up opportunities that God gives my way. I started asking myself questions like:

Do I take the opportunity to spend time with God through prayer, His word and worship?

Do I take the opportunities God gives me to share the message of His love?

Do I take the opportunities to serve Him, to be His hands and feet?

Do I waste time that He has given me on pointless things? (Facebook was the first thing that came to mind!) Thus missing opportunities to do something more productive?

Time is limited. We can't gain back lost and wasted time. We have to seize the days that God gives us and use them for His glory. We need to spread the message of Jesus with a sense of urgency. We need to get serious about serving our broken and hurting communities. We need to stop thinking "oh i'll do it tomorrow", or "we'll put that on the plan for next year". The fact is people are dying not knowing God. People are hurting in our communities. It can't wait until tomorrow or next year. It has to happen now.

It's time to step up and stop missing out on those opportunities.

As I wrote this, this song called Revolution (if you couldn't guess it from the lyrics!) Quite relevant really.

C'mon, c'mon join the revolution
C'mon, c'mon join the revolution
(Send Your revolution down)

Live out the song, be the revolution
C'mon, c'mon be the revolution
(Send Your revolution down)

We're tired of institution, we want a revolution
We wanna show the world that Jesus saves
We're tired of playing church now, we wanna change the world now
We wanna be about the love He gave

So c'mon, c'mon join the revolution
C'mon, c'mon join the revolution
Live out the song, be the revolution
C'mon, c'mon be the revolution

Show us Your revelation, we wanna reach the nations,
Proclaim the wonders of Your awesome love
We're tired of sitting by now, we wanna lift You high now
'Till revolution sets the world on fire
TIME IS SHORT- we wanna see Your promises fulfilled
Life is life and every life is worth the blood You spilled

Amen!

For Him Alone
Ness :-)