A Runner

I'm grateful for the many comments received from last week's posting; 'Are you the runner of your generation'. There are many of you who desire to be more and to have more from your followership of God.

You've come to that place, found in every relationship [whether its ever recognized or not]. That place where pursuits of absolute lead you to holy frustrations. You begin to say; 'There must be more.' You begin to dream big audacious dreams and you begin to see yourself as a solution to the corruption around you.

Can I encourage you, do not ignore, try to appease or calm the growing frustration in you. This is the place where greatness is conceived and the power of generational innovation is born.

In the Biblical Rescue Intensive I'm reminding attendees and would be Rescuers to 'slow the shutter speed down.' If you see too fast, you understand too little and your response is too shallow. You cannot solve the problems around you with the same speed in which those problems were created.

And so, if you will become a Runner in your generation you first need to slow yourself. Even expert marksmen will say; slow is smooth and smooth is fast. We see but don't understand because we see at the speed of life rather than the speed of God. Remember, He [God] ALWAYS moves slower than you and I.

For those of you paying attention and desire to be a Runner with understanding. This is lesson one; Slow the shutter speed down. Lesson two? Learn lesson one.

Please also get out your concordance, look up and read every reference in the New Testament on Philip. By doing so, you'll begin to understand why he could have been called upon by the Angel that day to run with understanding to the Ethiopian man.

Lastly, let me encourage you in this verse found in I Chronicles 12:32. It's one of my favorite verses on the topic of understanding.

"The sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command"

Did you read? They understood the times, they knew what to do and everyone else followed them. What else do you think God desires from you except to be the one in any situation who can be called upon to Run.

Dan
a runner