Life Is a Daring Adventure

Life Is A Daring Adventure

 

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life: and man became a living soul—Genesis 2:7 

 Aside from saying that life is a great gift from God, I do not know how you might describe your life but as for me, life has been one daring adventure. We awake each morning not knowing what will occur during the course of the day. We cannot be sure that we will have in the next moment what we have in the present moment. Will there be good news or bad news coming our way? Will there be continued health or will we or a loved one be struck down with illness before the day ends? Will we experience prosperity or will poverty strike us? Will we enjoy success or failure in our endeavors? Will we be surrounded with comfort, peace and contentment or will pain, heartache and turmoil beset us? Will we still be alive when the sun sets at the end of day or will we be absent from this earthly body? 

What will we do, what will we have, where will we be? We just do not know from one moment to the next what changes lie in store for us. The present moment of time is all we have and it is gone, replaced by the next moment before we can even think about it and suddenly there will be no more moments for us on planet earth. Changes in our physical well-being, changes in our bodies or our mental abilities can and often do happen in the blink of an eye and all this is what makes life one daring adventure for me. Helen Keller said about life, "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." 

I pray that each of us will be found seeking the strength, courage and patience needed in life to draw closer to God each day because everything about us in this life, everything that surrounds us, even our own life can and often does change very quickly. I love to sing (and often do): "I am weak but thou art strong, Jesus keep me from all wrong, I'll be satisfied as long as I walk close to thee. Just a closer walk with thee, Grant it, Jesus my plea; Daily let it ever be Just a closer walk with thee." 

We don't know what is going to take place in our life one moment from now, not even a clue. This thought may sometimes be a little scary but it does make life a daring adventure. One thing I do know, come what may, the God we believe in, the God we love and trust with all our being is in control of all things and we are in his hands (Psalms 121:1-8, Prov. 3:5-6, 1 Cor. 10:13, James 4:6-10).  

Charles Hicks