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All human beings possess a heart, soul, mind and strength. Nothing of any true significance can be achieved unless this is understood.
“Be careful.”
I think it’s safe to say that all parents mouth that sentiment at least a thousand times to their child from birth to high school graduation.
It’s sound advice if it’s defined correctly and backed up with suitable examples. What we’re really trying to tell our offspring is to be smart.
But sometimes it’s not smart to tread carefully.A greater danger sneaks into the picture, creating a fuzzy outlook on life. Because careful can easily become cautious.
The difference between careful and cautious is that careful is a profile to be ready for trouble and cautious is a decision to look for it.
Ultimately, caution tends to lead the over-protected soul into a pathway of suspicion. And of course, when you think that everything or everyone is out to get you, you not only miss out on many blessings, but eventually something or someone does get you–merely to mock your defenses.
Here is the truth of the matter–human beings cannot live without passion. Even if we become passionate about being suspicious, we are still engaging ourselves in an active profile.
So without abandoning the position of being careful, how can we unleash the energy of our faith and talent into the world around us?
Zeal.
- “I am ready.”
- “I am not hesitant.”
- “I am not fearful.”
- “I also am not stupid.”
- “I’m ready to believe that something good can come my way.”
Without zeal, we become encumbered by conspiracy theories and absorb the available doom and gloom in the room.
As careful leads to cautious, zeal opens the door to zealous. Matter of fact, the Good Book tells us to be zealously affected by a good thing. Zealous is when we take our “ready” status, select a favored cause and become excited.
I’m not completely sure what the Father in heaven dislikes, but I will tell you–He is deeply enthralled with human beings who are excited.
Zealous contains two important parts:
1. “I believe it’s possible for something good to happen.”
2. “I believe I’ve found it.”
Zealous is the opposite of cautious.
It is walking into a room knowing that you’ll be looking for a light switch instead of cursing the darkness. This culminates in the word “zealot.”
It is most unfortunate that this word has such negative ramifications. Actually, a zealot is someone who is committed and has become excited because he or she is ready for something good to happen.
We can’t live our lives like pre-teen girls who see a small spider in the corner of the bedroom and spend the rest of the night believing that hairy-legged varmints are crawling all over them.
Zeal makes us ready to be zealous, excited about possibilities, which gives us the opportunity to become committed zealots–chasing down a miracle that will change our world.
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