I shared a component of our short term vision with someone the other day and they laughed.  Not in a “you guys are rowdy, man, that’s cool” kind of way.  In a “you need a reality check” sort of tone…they blatantly laughed at me.

I liked it.  It felt good.  It’s been a while since I’ve shared a dream so big that it made someone laugh.  God gave Abraham a vision so big that Abraham laughed at himself.
I’ve heard it said that if people have stopped laughing at your vision, you’ve stopped leading.
Go make someone laugh today.

“The opportunity of a lifetime must be seized in the lifetime of the opportunity.”
Leonard Ravenhill

Every opportunity has an expiration date.  Exceptional people, churches, and businesses possess the agility to move at the speed of God.  This usually means merging into oncoming traffic at breakneck speed.

A lot of people I know are more fearful of making a wrong move than making no move at all.  Not me.  I’ve been alive long enough to know that if I just sit at the intersection after God has given a green light, He’ll only honk a few times before He passes me by in the other lane.  Doesn’t mean He’ll stop loving me or stop using me.  It just means that that opportunity is gone.  Forever.

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.

We all need to pick up a copy of Craig Groeschel’s book “It”. I haven’t had the chance to read it yet, but anything this guy says deserves our full attention. In my opinion he is one of the greatest men of God in our generation.  Nobody is more qualified to speak on the “it factor” than Pastor Craig. He is leading one of the most revolutionary moves of God in the world and I can’t wait to see what he has to say in this new book.  Go pick it up.

Visit his church at Lifechurch.tv.

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