What were you made to do?
Heard this question recently and it stroked the fire inside me. Even more so did the statement “I KNOW WHAT I WAS MADE TO DO!”
When I was a child I had crazy faith, a vivid imagination, and God sized dreams. The older I got the more the haters came at me telling me what I was not able to do. I held them off and have spent most of my life proving them wrong.
Your too skinny, too weak, too poor, too nice, too dumb, too…
What they never said to me was I was too lazy, but no matter how hard I worked, I found myself facing unscalable mountains. The older I became, the more I realized that in my own strength, my own knowledge, and in my own ability, I was stuck in a limited world bound by natural circumstances.
I was not able to reach the NBA because I failed to develop my body to become strong enough or my skills to become good enough, but I did become a small college All-American and win a National Championship while getting my education paid for.
I was not able to coach in the NBA or at the highest level of College Basketball, because I came to a point where I placed my family first. With God’s help I have miraculously been blessed to win multiple National Championships and more games than I deserve to be given credit for.
So what was I made to do?
Shine
Shine boldly, fearlessly, and with more love and joy than anyone has ever seen. I was made to take my fire into the darkness, to the lost, to the broken, to tell them about and show them my Jesus!
I wish had an amazing voice so I could sing about Him from the mountaintops in such a way the world would take notice, but even though I don’t, no one will stop me from shouting from the rooftops about His great love!
At 52, I know what real wealth is! It is not worldly riches, championship rings, or human fame. It is having a family that loves you. It is bringing joy to others. It is bringing others into your heavenly family. It is having an incredible relationship with my Father and knowing my Savior Jesus Christ has gone to prepare a place for me in paradise.
Someday my time will come to join Him along with the rest of my family, but until that day comes.
I know what I was born to do!
Do you?
This song sparked this post.
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