TO FILL A LITTLE SPACE

People eager to advance in life, live each new day with open eyes and a curious mind. They are alert to what they may find along the way, as well as what they shall encounter as result of diligent search.

Author Os Guinness reminds: “None of us arrives in this world complete, and none of us has the wisdom and strength to create ourselves by ourselves. Instead we grow and mature as we respond to what is outside us.” And the opportunities we secure do contribute to our overall advancement, to manifest God’s design for our life!

Personally, I don’t believe that “opportunity knocks” as it has been often suggested. Opportunity is to be sought, found, and captured. Opportunity never hides itself intentionally. It makes its presence quite evident to those ready to recognize it and claim it for themselves.

Varied opportunities are everywhere, even if many, or most of them, may not necessarily fit you, nor meet your expectations. What may be a marvellous opportunity for some, can be the very opposite to others. Thus, you catch an opportunity not just because it is there but, rather, because it comes with your name engraved on it. In other words, it fits your need, your passion, your abilities, and much more that is unique to you!

Most especially, divinely-ordained opportunities should never be missed, for only these will provide genuine satisfaction for a life of fruitfulness. Indeed, God surrounds us with opportunities, so we may advance in life and make a contribution in society to benefit the largest number of people, once you seize them.

Grasping opportunities is somewhat like a marriage: it may be the right union, destined for bliss, or it can be the result of a miscalculation, leading to a divorce court, or to an endless, miserable existence, without any separation.

What is called an “opportunity” needs to involve an experience continually manifesting legitimacy and leading to personal satisfaction and proven success to a life. One does not grasp an opportunity merely because it is within reach. A Christian, most of all, will first ascertain if it corresponds to the will of God, before making any move. Only thus will an opportunity yield the benefits being sought, the rich harvest it is capable of providing.

Opportunities may advertise on window or rooftops, but may be secured only at the right doors, for which you need the proper key to open and claim what is there for you! And God’s redeemed know exactly where and how it all must start: “Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you” (Matthew 6:33). This includes all the right chances which only the Almighty can make available to you.

The late J. Oswald Sanders, a saint from New Zealand whom I was privileged to have known, reminded that “life’s fullness is never experienced when out of harmony with Christ.” Therefore, let us seize what God sends our way, and not insist on what He intends to withhold from us!

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