I want to make your life a glorious adventure, but you must stop striving for a lifestyle that feels safe. I know how ambivalent your heart is in all of this: You long for the adventure that a life abandoned to Me can be and at the same time you cling to old ways because change frightens you.
Though you feel safest when your life is predictable and things seem to be under your control, I want you to break free and discover the adventures I have planned for you.
The Greatest Adventure of all is knowing Me abundantly: discovering how wide and long and high and deep My love is for you. The power of My vast love can feel overwhelming. That is why many people choose to limit their knowledge of Me keeping Me at a distance.
How this grieves Me. People settle for mediocrity because it feels more comfortable. Meanwhile, they continue to battle fear. Only My love is strong enough to break the hold that fear has on you. A predictable lifestyle may feel safer but it can shield you from what you need most of all, Me.
When unexpected events shake up your routines, rejoice. This is exactly what you need, to wake you up and point you toward Me. Recognize that you are on the threshold of a new adventure, and then I will be with you each step of the way. As we venture out together, cling tightly to My hand.
The more you abandon yourself to Me, the more exuberantly you can experience My love.
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.
Ephesians 3:17-18
