Walk on Water

In his book If You Want to Walk on Water, You’ve Got to Get Out of the Boat, John Ortberg writes:

“Imagine that your life is over, and you are led to a small room.  There are two chairs in the room, one for you and one for God (who gets a very large chair), and there’s a VCR.  God puts a tape into the machine.  It has your name on it and is labeled What Might Have Been.

Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.  Imagine seeing what he might have done with your financial resources if you had trusted him to be generous.  Imagine seeing what he might have done with your giftedness if you had trusted him enough to be daring.  Imagine what he might have done in your relationships if you had trusted him enough to be fully truthful and fully loving.  Imagine what he might have done with your character, if you had dared to confess sin, acknowledge temptation, and pursue growth.” (Pages 47-48)

People think that when they reach the end of their lives, they will regret the many wrong things that they have done.  And, I suppose that that’s true.  But we will also regret all of the right things that we didn’t do.  God didn’t just put us on this earth to accept Him and then “stay out of trouble.”  He put us here to make an impact.  God only gives us one mortal life, and there are no do-overs.  Let’s make the most of our lives this week!