What opportunities has God given you today? A few might be great, but most of them are more mundane.
Mordecai lived in the fifth century B.C. He was a person of stature and a likely member of the Jewish royal family. He and the Jewish people were in in a terrible exile from their homeland, living throughout the Persian Empire, which ruled the world. Through it all, he had adopted and raised an orphaned girl named Esther. He seized his opportunity to raise her as his own.
Pastor Rick Warren states that “great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day.” So true. It seems to me that life is a series of opportunities. Some will ascribe opportunities as a random chance, a spin of the wheel or bottle. As a follower of God, every opportunity is a moment for me to accomplish something for God, even if it appears dull and boring! To do this requires a readiness of spirit, and I think an awareness to see such opportunities.
We never know where our willingness to seize an opportunity will lead. Every day at Christ’s Body, we have opportunities to impact homeless and desperate individuals. Sometimes it’s a prayer, a bottle of water or burrito, or a transformational conversation.
As we turn into the fall and winter seasons at Christ’s Body, would you consider either joining our team, or if you are already aboard, coming with us into the fields of daily opportunities with our homeless friends. You might be given the opportunity to change someone’s life and even your own.
A postscript: Mordecai’s stepdaughter would become a queen of Persia!
Blessings to you!
Pastor Jim
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