The Solomon Question

Food for thought from Buddy Cremeans blog:

A recent question that’s been lobbed out to me by a friend of mine, that I can’t stop thinking about and I still don’t have the answer for, is this…

THE SOLOMON QUESTION
If God could do ANYTHING for you Buddy…just ONE thing, what would you ask for?

I still don’t have my answer, but if someone asked you THE SOLOMON QUESTION, what would your answer be?

That's makes two of us, Buddy.

But I'm sure it would have something to do with one of my favorite lions (one that I don't want to chase away).

This Lion's not from Narnia

We've been working through Batterson's In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day, and our last class only got 5 pages into Chapter 5 (Taking Risks).

I found some of the text from Batterson's sermon on his ChasetheLion site, and wanted to reference them here just to help them sink in a bit:

During the Chase the Lion series we’re looking at one of the most courageous acts recorded in Scripture. An ancient warrior named Benaiah chased a lion into a pit on a snowy day and killed it.

Scripture goes on to list his military achievements and they are pretty impressive. He was one of the most decorated and celebrated warriors in Israel’s history. He was the captain of King David’s bodyguard. He was one of David’s thirty mighty men. In fact, Scripture says he was more honored than the other thirty. And Benaiah goes on to become Commander-in-Chief of Israel’s army.

But the genealogy of success can always be traced back to the risks we take. II Samuel 23 records three dominos. Benaiah took on two Moabites despite being outnumbered; he chased a lion despite snowy conditions; and he fought an Egyptian despite the fact that he was out armed. And those three risks had a domino effect.

As I reflect on my own life, I realize that most of the good things that have happened are the byproduct of a few risks. And the bigger the risks the bigger the rewards!

I'm still in the pit wrestling with one of my lion's (man, this is one long wrestling match). But I am determined to crawl out of this pit alone.

What lion are you chasing (or should be chasing)? I would bet that you can't even imagine the domino effect it will have on your life. What's keeping you from doing a roundhouse on the first domino?

Mine is fear of the unknown (it's career-related). What if it doesn't work out? Go as planned? One thing I know - whether it goes as "I" plan, matters not. I will have the lion skin on my wall. And I'm convinced that God's blessing will follow.

By the way...it's a pretty boring existence being in the pit alone - without any lions to kill.

I've decided that, while I'm there, I'm not comin' out unless I've got some fur between my teeth.

How 'bout you?

Dennis

Chase the Lion with us

No turning back. We've decided it's time to "openly" chase our lions, so we (The Candid Life class from Hillcrest Church, Dallas, TX) are going public.

In the process of nailing our lion skins to the wall, we'll use this site to update our fellow lion-chasers about what's going on in class - upcoming events - class notes, etc.

As noted on the sidebar, we'll skip class this coming Sun. 2nd, as we'll be partying down @ Family Sunday, starting @ 10:30am. All families will be meeting together for worship, then, we'll eat and let the kids tear it up on the inflatables.

We'll be back at Chapter 5 (In a Pit With a Lion, On a Snowy Day) on Sunday 9th - join us at 9:00am. We'll drink coffee (maybe eat something unhealthy), talk straight, and get in the chase together.

Email me if you need directions: thecandidlife@gmail.com

Dennis