Go For It!!!

My sister was visiting from out of town.  At the time I was living with my mother, caring for her, and my sister's visit was a much needed reprieve from the full responsibilities of her care.  I had not been fully aware of the physical toll it was having on me until a spur of the moment trip to the grocery store and the incident that followed opened my eyes.

Upon entering the store with my sister by my side, I stumbled over one of those brilliant signs they use to warn customers of danger.  My reaction was to look back at the offending obstacle and wonder why I hadn't seen it.  I knew I was tired, but really who could miss that bright yellow sign?

After spending seconds staring at it, feeling it had been minutes longer, I realized my sister was doubled over in laughter.  Also, another customer who walked in right after us, upon seeing my demise, was laughing her head off.

I too began to chuckle, but not at myself or what had happened.  It was a moment of levity between my sister and I that had tremendous healing power, but more importantly there was an epiphany of my complete and utter focus on a task that caused me to not even notice the sign of warning.  What probably should have been a "life's most embarrassing moment" became a lesson of affirmation to just Go For It!

Warning signs, doubts, and inner messages of negativity hold us back from reaching our potential, but if we are able to disregard or look past these God helps us reach our objective.

Esther was faced with a decision to defy the kings law and save her people, or suffer the consequences. She knew the price to be paid yet she decided to go for it.  (Esther 4:16)

How many of us look at life, or our circumstances, and see the possibilities?  Do we know of others who are daring the odds to triumph over some obstacle?  We should be urgently striving to put the doubts and self-deprecating thoughts aside which are holding us back from fulfilling God's promises.

“take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:5)

Sometimes heeding a warning sign is good, but if it keeps us from growing in character or accomplishing a task God has called us to do then we should Go For It!

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