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2023-06-02 | Acts 3-4 | A Profound ChallengeDo you recognize an opportunity when it presents itself? Are you the first to volunteer? Are you the type who accepts a challenge easily? Do you jump in enthusiastically? Don’t think impetuous when you hear “jump in”; think instead eager, fervent and passionate. Here am I, send me! You want me to represent you? I’m in awe; I’m humbled; I’m stunned, but I’ll do it! It seems that the more obvious it becomes that we are called to something magnificent and undeniable, the more some will dig in their heals and deny. Others respond instantly, not with denial but acceptance, wonderment, appreciation and utter amazement. Which type are you? Do you run towards or away from challenges?

Here is a grand recommendation for when you encounter a profound truth. Don’t dip your toe—rather, immerse your whole body, soul and spirit! Suck the marrow from the moment. Extraordinary things happen when you do; your eyes open to possibilities not previously noticed—some of which match the magnitude of the profound truth staring you in the face with profound challenges that stand between you and the expression of that truth! Challenges have a way of pressing us through a cheese cloth, until there is hardly a bead of moisture left, like being squeezed from all sides until even taking a sip of oxygen seems elusive. But once you see it, you can’t unsee it!

That is what it is like, at times, when your eyes open to the mysteries of God and the herald screaming in your brain becomes so loud, so clear, and so pervasive that it is impossible to imagine the plain message was a hidden secret just moments ago, but it was. You just might be a special agent assigned to the earth for such a time as this, to understand these kingdom mysteries. And, that is one of those things that fits the sentiment of this message; don’t dip your toe—immerse your whole body, soul and spirit! Seize the opportunity! Suck the marrow out of it!

Do you want to know a secret? It’s about your role in the earth at this moment in history. “In your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” You were most certainly taught that was the unique role of Abraham. And when you suddenly discover it is not unique, that you too are called as such, it represents one of those profound truths that comes with many profound challenges. But that’s okay, because great challenges are met head on with great grace, the divine power necessary to turn a challenge into a reality!