THANKS ANDY STANLEY

On Twitter this morning Andy Stanley (@AndyStanley) tweeted, "When I look at my children, I never think about their past. Only their potential." That is one great word or as Perry Noble (@perrynoble) put it, "THAT's AWESOME!!!". Johnny Hunt (@johnnymhunt) tweeted, "Thanks for a great reminder!" I'm not sure if Andy was speaking of just parenting or parenting love or God's love or ever how we can use it for good. I'm going to say their is one interpretation (What he wrote) and many applications (how it applies in other areas). I want to write concerning two applications.

1. Parental love - our children have made mistakes and even did exactly what they were not told to do. I watched a 2 year old stare down her dad when she was doing exactly what she was told not to do. She is a good child but we all want to find the line of authority. We are all going to blow it, BUT our parents continually see our potential. Thank God for love, grace and mercy.
2. Godly love - as children of God he sees our potential. Because of the gifts of repentance, mercy and grace God looks to our present. He see what we can be today. He see our potential as an obedient child. Peter was able to walk on water because he began to believe what Jesus believed about Him. God believes in your potential. He sees you as you can be. 

Today, live in your potential. Do not settle for mediocrity or complacency. 

Something BIG for God

It seems that many Christians want to do something big for God. They want to do what Andy Stanley does, or sing like Carlo Whitaker or John Mark McMillian or Kari Jobe, or whatever. Some might want to be a Shawn Alexander and share their faith through sports and others just want it to be big. Those are great inspirations and worthy desires but most people do not find the BIG things they find them. I believe that most of the above, who I know none of personally, would say that the BIG things just found them.

I know in my Christian experience if I just stayed at it day after day and walked in the Spirit (Gal 5:16). I have found some of the things that people would say were BIG that have happened in my life happened serendipitiously. That is, I happened upon them as I sought to just “walk in the Spirit”. I think the Christian life is about taking care of the little things and you will serendipitiously find the BIG. 


A tweet the other day by @prodigaljohn was very appropriate for this whole thought process. "David didn't show up to fight Goliath. He brought lunch. Stop looking for the dramatic and be great at the little things."
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