One of my mentors was trying to teach me recently about something he learned playing basketball in college:
Let the game come to you.
Sometimes we get so determined to make something happen in our lives and ministries that we take dumb shots. We blow our assignments.
We mistake frantic activity for fruitful accomplishment.
If we truly believe that God is sovereign, we don’t need to make anything happen. God makes things happen. It’s not that we become passive…blaming our inaction on God’s timing…or saying we’re being patient when we’re actually being timid.
Instead, think of it as responding to God’s initiative rather than trying to get Him to respond to yours.
If God called you to start a speaking ministry, go for it! Take every opportunity that comes your way. It’s okay for you to let others know what God has put in your heart to do. Just don’t become the obnoxious “hey-here’s-my-business-card-if-you-ever-need-a-speaker-I’m-great-when-do-you-want-to-have-me” guy.
If you’re in a dating relationship, be forward and plain stated about your intentions. Don’t waste valuable time playing games. Just don’t be a stalker.
If your church or business isn’t growing, by all means: round up the decision makers, lock the doors, and launch into an emergency “we’ve got to change or else” plan of attack. Just don’t hack the hottest methodology in a mad scramble and apply it to your context in a last ditch gamble for success.
Respond-don’t react.
Prioritize-don’t panic.
Let the game come to you.