On an Exciting Adventurous Journey..

As little children, we were more adventurous. In my childhood, I grew up on a staple diet of Famous Five, the Five Findouters, Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys! I loved the mysteries and adventures that the children in the story ran into and my friends and I were confident that we too will run into mysteries that needed solving and prepared ourselves with key skills like climbing trees, writing an invisible letter and trying to open a locked door! As adults due to life's pressures, we somehow pull back and expect to live without risks and surprises because we fear the unknown. However, in the Christian life, God wants us to have an exciting adventurous life - full of suspense and surprises but with a difference - with the Lord by our side!

With Christ by our side, we are free once again, free to dream and to go on an adventure. No matter the risks, the drama or the suspense - He always promises to come through and be at our side! We only need to trust in Him and not fear as He alone has our best interests in His mind, even more than we think we do!
Isaiah 43:1-3, 13
But now, this is what the LORD says— he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.... Yes, and from ancient days I am he. No one can deliver out of my hand. When I act, who can reverse it?"

What should we do to live without fear and go on an adventurous journey? We can ask the Holy Spirit who lives in us to strengthen us from the unlimited resources of God and cast out fear! We need inner strength and resolve to live an adventurous life, anticipating what God is going to do in and through us. God is ready to empower us and we need to fall on our knees and tap into the mighty power and strength of our Lord.
Ephesians 3:14-16 (NLT)
When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit.

Once we start living this way, we need to keep pushing on through it confident that God will come through for us till we see His will accomplished in and through our lives. Confident trust and patient endurance in the Lord is the key we need to carry throughout the adventurous journey if we are to come out shining!
Hebrews 10:35,36 (NLT)
So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.

How are you looking at your life - as an exciting adventurous journey with God or a dull existence with things to do because it needs to be done? God wants your life to be an exciting adventure - not always comfortable but definitely rich with experiences of His faithfulness and grace coming through every unknown unexpected situation! Ask the Holy Spirit to enable you to strengthen your inner being and nurture your trust in the Lord as you live out His will in an adventurous life!