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Ok on my last post I talked about something God is stirring in my heart right now. It is an ever growing conviction that I am to fight every day to take risks because the paralysis of ease is all around. I am seeing how I can live a normal, easy, safe, bland, repetitive life. But, this is so below what God has for me and for all of us. He has called me to participate in an adventure, a story that tranforms from my typical reality into something where the unexpected and supernatural are always just around the corner. But it is my choice. I can stay safe and planned or I can choose to walk through the wardrobes in front of me.

So enough of the babble…what am I really talking about? I am saying that every day presents us with the things we expect…the things we planned for…the things that are common. But within such ordinariness God places the opportuntity for so much more. We have opportunities to leave our surroundings and step into faith (risk); the place where the supernatural comes to life. But we must see those opportunities and we must step into them.

I am trying to train my mind to look for those moments and my will to act on them. The other day it was in a phone conversation where I knew God was asking me to move beyond just checking on someone to praying for their healing over the phone. I thought “is this really necessary?” And I could hear His voice loud and clear … “Take a risk” and so I stepped into the wardrobe.  And you could hear the surprise and appreciation on the other end as if I was the first person to stand with her in the midst of this. I did not know the encouragement that would bring.

So what wardrobes have you stepped into lately? I would love to know and maybe… just maybe…. we can sharpen each others senses and build up each other’s nerves until the extraordinary becomes our new ordinary and we train for bigger things.