There are hundreds of distractions that attack us on a daily basis. We are bombarded by commercials, infomercials, flyers, pamphlets, leaflets, emails, tweets, text messages, and so on.
We do our best to avoid the mayhem, but we usually succumb to a few of the most appealing options that find their way onto our radar screens. We eat at good restaurants, read good articles, watch good movies, and listen to good music. But when it comes to making decisions about what we should do with our lives, good just doesn’t cut it.
I don’t just want a good wife, I want an amazing wife that I can love passionately.
I don’t just want a decent job, I want a calling that I can pursue zealously.
I don’t just want religion, I want a spiritual relationship that I can experience deeply.
But so often we say “yes” to good because it is safe.
It feels good.
It involves very little risk.
It is easy.
And good is what everyone is telling you to do!
If good wasn’t good enough, then it wouldn’t be good right?
WRONG! Good will destroy you!
Good will steal your passion.
Good will downgrade your dream.
Good will paralyze you with indecision, hesitation, and doubt.
Good is the antithesis of great…
Great requires sacrifice. Great requires pain. Great involves struggle, difficulty, and failure.
But great brings meaning. Great makes you feel alive. And great inspires you to be more than you ever thought possible.
So the next time a good opportunity arises, I suggest that you pass…
Take a chance on great… IT’S WORTH IT!
This is my favorite one so far, Reminds me of Chronicles, how so many up and coming kings would do something good but few reached out to do something great and ultimately missed out on the opportunity to turn the nation back to God. Great Post bro.
Thanks Thomas.. That’s interesting that you would say that about Chronicles because that’s where I’m at in my daily devotions. As I’m going through this transitional period in life, that calling to do something great is more and more present.
Great post Curtis – thanks for taking the time to put your thoughts into words for all of us to be challenge by.
Thanks Mark! If you read the next few posts after this one, you’ll see that God is shaking some things up in my life.
I’m trying to get rid of some of those “good” things right now so that I will have the margin to say yes to the “great” opportunities that are headed my way.