Take a risk!

Rare that a sermon is not really that engagging, but at the same time it really moves you. Had that tonight as Len Sweet was the guest speaker. His 'sermon' did not really cause a stir, but more importantly, it subtely created a logic that with his conclusion makes you have to act.

He began with 'how do you read the bible?' One method he uses is picking a verse and following it through book by book. Easy if you pick verse 25:25 as not many books have 25 chapters. It is a longer process if you choose 1:1. Well one day Len picked 3:16.

As he got to Revelation 3:16, it really moved him.

Then he spoke of an Exodus verse where the parting of the Red Sea is bookend by two verses saying the same thing differently. "They crossed the sea on dry land." and then "On dry land they crossed the sea."

God is calling us to cross the sea on dry land. That is, begin the task with faith that God will provide.

Bottom line, risk take. Don't wait for the dry land before we begin to cross.

Struck a cord with me.