Quiet lives of desperation invested in a small story. On Sunday, Andy used those words to describe people who are living without a God sized vision. People muddling through their days while trying to ignore the nagging voice in the back of their heads. The voice that keeps insisting that God has something more for them, that they must have been placed on this earth to live a more courageous life.
Have you ever shut off the alarm and refused to leave your bed, not because you were sleepy, but because you simply didn't want to face the day? Because you were convinced that this day would be just another mundane repetition of the previous day? Because living a life with so little sense of purpose made you feel like you were dying inside?
I have.
In his book, Wide Awake, Erwin McManus makes the following observation:
"For years I woke up each day with a sadness I couldn't shake, and then more sadness met me the moment I crawled out of bed. Thankfully, it is not so today. My best dreams are no longer wasted on my sleep. I find myself closing my eyes each night, eagerly waiting for tomorrow to come. There is nothing like feeling fully alive and dreaming wide awake. I am living a life beyond my wildest dreams-and I had some wild dreams."
Erwin McManus made the transition from dreamer to liver of dreams by reaching for the vision that God had laid in front of him. How do you and I follow this same path? Andy said that you experience your God sized vision by connecting with God, discovering your significance and then utilizing this experience for an eternal impact.
So what about it? Are you living out your dreams or wallowing in a quiet life of desperation? Think about this question when the alarm clock rings tomorrow.
- Don
