Tonight I went out to meet with a group of young men and
women as I do every Thursday night. It’s
a great group of young people from around Europe led by three middle aged
American missionaries of whom I am one. We teach the
Bible and are trying, by God’s grace, to help them grow into the future leaders
of the Church in Europe.
Tonight it was my night to teach. I love teaching. I especially love teaching about the
Bible. I have heard that where passion
meets talent is where one finds his sweet spot in life.
My talent is teaching, my passion is God’s word. Bible teaching is fun for me.
Fun may not be the best word to describe it actually. Fun is watching a baseball game. Fun is playing a board game with my
daughters. Fun is bowling with my
wife. For me, teaching the Bible gives
me a sort of high.
This is not like a drug high, or an endorphin high that one
might get from a good run in the morning.
It’s not an emotional high like the one I had the day I asked Sasha to
marry me or when my daughters were born.
It’s a sweet spot high. It comes
from being right where God made me to be and doing what He wants me to do.
Eric Liddell was a very famous and very fast runner. The movie "Chariots of Fire" was largely about
him. He was once quoted as saying, “God made
me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure.”
God did not make me fast. He made me to teach His word, and when I do,
I feel His pleasure.
You who are reading this, I don’t know what
your purpose is. I don’t know what in your life will be like running for Eric Liddell or teaching for me, but I
encourage you to find what in your life gives God pleasure. When you do, you might just find out what Eric
felt when he ran and what keeps me awake in the middle of the night writing this blog.
May you find what in your life gives God
pleasure, and may it bring you the joy you were made to have in Him.
Eric Liddell Running on July 19, 1924 |
Thanks Dave
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DeleteI have never been able to put into words the feeling that comes over me when I teach my Jr. High girls at church or train Christian volunteers. You have described it beautifully! There is nothing more fulfilling than using your spiritual gifts in the area of your passion to serve your Savior. Keep running to that "sweet spot", Brother.
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