Opportunity
Ephesians 5:16- “Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days.”
Once Christ invades our life to become our life, giving us a new identity with new desires for Him and a new power (Holy Spirit) from Him, the rest of our lives are a giant opportunity. We don’t enter into a holding pattern waiting for heaven. We don’t continue living in habitual sin because God will just forgive us. And we don’t just sit around hoping for a good sermon or song every now and then. We have opportunities to seize!
As Christ-follower we must constantly ask the following questions:
- How alert am I for God-given opportunities to love, serve, encourage, invite, & share?
- How willing am I to act on those opportunities?
- What keeps me from making the most of opportunities … fear? Comfort? Complacency? Disobedience?
Where to spot opportunity:
- In the family of believers, our local churches — God’s church will always have great opportunities.
- In our sphere of relationships … anywhere you have influence with people, you have opportunity.
- At work … God created us to work and fills the workplace with opportunities to honor Him.
- Wherever challenges exist … every obstacle presents an opportunity (think David & Goliath).