Make a place for wonder and mystery to always be present in your life and ministry. If you pastor a church, grow a family, or develop a business plan, there will be times when you find yourself falling into ruts of predictability. When you realize you have slipped into one of these ruts, call out to God to reveal to you a sense of wonder and mystery.

Life and ministry can too easily become predictable and lose a sense of adventure if we live within human reasoning alone. Developing a sense of wonder and mystery will help you believe that something bigger and unexplainable is taking place. Wonder and mystery are spiritual pry bars that will leverage you out of the ruts of predictability.

It is hard to explain wonder and mystery. A normal, everyday experience will lack the amazement that wonder produces. If you can explain what took place, it’s not a mystery.

The people you serve and the family you love are longing for something more. They want to encounter a God larger than the moment. Encourage people to never settle for a life experience void of these two energizing elements. Helping people contend for what is above and beyond what they could ever hope or dream for is the hallmark of the Spirit.

(Excerpt from my book, Thoughts to Leave Behind) https://www.amazon.com/Though…/dp/B00UJKVK4Q/ref=sr_1_3…