Opportunity

I have been afforded so many opportunities in my life. I have had the opportunity to love and be loved. I have had the opportunity to learn and to teach. I have had the opportunity to give and to receive.

I have also had opportunities arise that I squandered, that I wasted, that I allowed to fall by the wayside without a second thought. What if these were the greatest opportunities of my life? What if these were meant to propel me into my calling? What if these opportunities were wasted gifts that I couldn’t see for trying to be of this world?

We as Christians are a part of this world. We have to live in this world and abide by worldly rules. We also have to remain apart from this world. We have to keep the evil out of us while allowing our light to shine into the abyss. A quote I read said “a boat doesn’t sink because of the water on the outside, it sinks because of the water allowed in” this is true of us as people. Our opportunities are not limited by the world outside, but by the world we choose to allow into our soul. If we fill our soul with things of this world are we not limiting our room for blessings? If we spend our life consumed with social media likes, money, cars, immorality, lust, and sin we have limited the room for opportunities to show the world God because when people look at us they will only see the world.

Opportunities are one of God’s gifts to us. He affords is these opportunities to grow in our faith, in our love. He allows us to use them to better our lives. He allows us the opportunity to love, live, learn, give, and help because these are the things our souls desire that this world can not give us. These are the opportunities that end up leaving us full of joy, happiness, and peace. So if opportunity is God’s gift to us, then what we do with this opportunity is our gift to God. We have been given so many opportunities in this life. Are you wasting your opportunities? Are we doing what we can to grow into who we can become? Are we simply staying where we are because it’s less scary than tackling new opportunities? Let’s look at the opportunities we are given, imagine how great it could be, step out in faith, and change the world.

I love you.