Seize The Opportunity
Volume 2, Day 198
Heavy rain was falling outside as Marcia, the director of a Christian school for the deaf, spoke to our group. Thirty-four teenagers and several adults were visiting the school. But one of our students was not distracted by the rain or the children running around the room.
That teenager heard Marcia say, “My dream for these kids is to have a playground.” She took that sentence, and through the prompting of the Lord turned it into an idea. Later that day she told me, “We should come back and build them a playground.” An opportunity for service was born.
A little over 4 months later, on another rainy day, we held a celebration in that same room. We had just assembled a wooden playground—complete with slides, a ladder, climbing bars, swings, forts and a trapeze. One student seized an opportunity and a dream was fulfilled.
How often does God prompt us to take action to meet the needs of others and we let the opportunity go? How many times does the Spirit nudge us to say or do something in Jesus’ name and we shake off the nudging? Like Philip in Acts 8, let’s honour the Lord by responding with action. Let’s seize each opportunity God gives us to serve others in His name.
Author
Dave Branon
