I has this friend for a while. Actually he was a friend of a friend. Anyway, he was really energetic and always all over the place. Some of our friends would complain about him being so jumpy all the time; but I’m pretty sure, when we hung out, he had the most fun out of all of us.
Colossians 4:5 says: ”Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity.”
This verse has two main commands, both in the context of being, “Among those who are not believers.” The first is, as you may have guessed, to ‘live wisely.’ Yeah, this one is pretty self explanatory - at least it should be. Yet, it seems like it took me a long time to learn this as a kid, and sometimes I still wonder if I’ve ever fully learned it.
The second command in this verse is really what hit me the other day: “. . .and make the most of every opportunity [among those who are not believers].” Journaling about this, I heard God say, “JUMP at opportunities.” Well, what’s stopping me? The biggest obstacle when it comes to seizing opportunity for greatness is myself. I think some of us (at least I) need to be a little more JUMPY; which requires Jumping Up and Moving Past Yourself. Yep, that’s right. I have to get off my butt (the middle-schooler in me loves that I just said ‘butt’) and get over me so that people can see God. For those of us who can be shy, this might sound a little scary. But just remember that friend – being jumpy is way more fun.
Ready to jump,
Zachary.
Talk about an opportunity that you had to jump. Did you take it?
