The Key to an Adventurous life with God

In this episode, I share about how to have an adventurous life with God. 

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On today's episode, I am going to talk about “THE KEY TO AN ADVENTUROUS LIFE WITH GOD”

Today I want to share with you a life changing revelation that I have learned in my life. It’s going to be short and simple, but I hope and pray that it will be impactful and life-changing for you. 

One day, I was walking through a lobby entrance to a grocery store. A woman was there literally cursing at everyone who walked by. This was a wealthy part of the city and this woman obviously didn’t feel comfortable there and felt that people were staring at her. I stopped after she cursed at me because I was a little shocked and then I kept walking and started to pray about this situation. I could leave and let that be that and let that woman continue to have a miserable day. Or, I could ask God to use me to love and bless this woman. I thought to myself, “It sure is going to be embarrassing when this woman jumps up and starts attacking me in front of all these people because I attempted to talk to her!” That is kind of what I was expecting to happen, but I felt like God was saying to go and speak with her. I decided a long time ago that any risk is worth taking in order to have someone experience Jesus.

I walked up to her smiling and she wasn’t smiling back. I leaned down to her and said, “How are you doing? My name is Kyle.” She just stared at me. I then told her that I just felt like God wanted to tell her that He loved her and that she was so special to Him. What was going to happen next? Her demeanor completely changed. She got a big smile on her face and said her name was Coco. We shook hands and we sat there and talked for a few minutes. Then I prayed over her just so she could know how God felt about her and to bless her day. Afterwards she was so thankful. I made a new friend. I gave her my number if she ever wanted to talk with my wife and that was it. A sweet interaction between two strangers because of God. It is a simple story, but think about the impact we can have on people if we just simply obeyed God’s push for us to love others and share His story. I can’t tell you how many times these “simple” conversations change lives dramatically.

When people say their Christian life is boring, doesn’t have any purpose, or wonder if God uses them, I like to challenge people and say this, “There is an adventure waiting for you around every corner every day.” Really! There is! We just have to be open to God using us and doing what God is pushing us to do. Imagine being used by God everyday. Imagine affecting or changing a life everyday. It really can happen. We just need to choose to believe that He has that for us and choose this adventurous lifestyle that He is offering us. 

So what is the key to an adventurous life with God? Some people call what I do boldness, I call it simple obedience. Simple obedience can change lives.  The key to a radical and adventurous life with God is not being radical or bold. The key is obedience. Obedience to that little push in your heart from God. I have learned that it takes practice to hear that push, but it’s there. It’s there if I allow myself to hear it and it’s there if I allow myself to just go for it when I hear it. It’s there if I believe and allow God to use me in every situation all throughout my day. 

You see, before I went into that store I asked God to use me, and my goal is to do this everywhere I go. Obviously many times I fail to be a good place in my heart to let God use me and there are days I simply choose not to be used, but I am trying to get better at preparing my heart at the beginning of the day.  For one, it helps me to stay connected to God. If my mind is on myself, worries, or whatever else but is not focused on God, then of course I will probably miss an opportunity. And two, I choose to believe the Bible and the great adventure He has for all of us. I can go anywhere with great expectation. I don’t need to wait for the mission trips or the church outreaches. In fact, I would say most of my connections with people come from everyday interactions. I just simply need to ask God to lead me and listen to his direction. 

The story of  Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch in the book of Acts illustrates this in Acts 8:26-40. 

 26 As for Philip, an angel of the Lord said to him, “Go south down the desert road that runs from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out, and he met the treasurer of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under the queen of Ethiopia. The eunuch had gone to Jerusalem to worship, 28 and he was now returning. Seated in his carriage, he was reading aloud from the book of the prophet Isaiah.

29 The Holy Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and walk along beside the carriage.”

30 Philip ran over and heard the man reading from the prophet Isaiah. Philip asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

31 The man replied, “How can I, unless someone instructs me?” And he urged Philip to come up into the carriage and sit with him.

32 The passage of Scripture he had been reading was this:

“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter.
     And as a lamb is silent before the shearers,
     he did not open his mouth.

33 He was humiliated and received no justice.
     Who can speak of his descendants?
     For his life was taken from the earth.”[

34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, was the prophet talking about himself or someone else?” 35 So beginning with this same Scripture, Philip told him the Good News about Jesus.

36 As they rode along, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look! There’s some water! Why can’t I be baptized?” 38 He ordered the carriage to stop, and they went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away. The eunuch never saw him again but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Meanwhile, Philip found himself farther north at the town (in another town) of Azotus. He preached the Good News there and in every town along the way until he came to Caesarea.

Wow God loves to use Phillip. He even was transporting Phillip so he could use him in more places. Can you imagine? In this story, Phillip simply did what God told him to do. Simple instructions. Go south. Go walk beside the carriage. He didn’t have to tell Phillip to build a big ministry and come up with some big strategy. He Didn’t have to go up to strangers and attempt to share the gospel with them. God simple told him what to do and he did it and there are many examples of this in Scripture. 

So I encourage you to have this outlook in your life and to try it, this week. Anywhere you go, let’s say to Home Depot, the grocery store, the park, or the mall. Ask God to use you and to connect you with one person in that place. Be bold. Not in the sense of being bold and coming up with the courage to talk to someone. But being bold to believe that God has someone there that He wants to love and reach. Do we not think God is after the dozens or hundreds of people in that place? Of course He is. More than we can even understand. Ask Him to use you and be willing for Him to use you. A day doesn’t have to pass without God using us. Every day we could have stories about God touching someone through us in our life. Do you want an adventurous life with the living God every day? Then simply just let Him use you.

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