Instead of rising each morning with a song of joy in their hearts, they hum a melody in monotone. They go through their day, mumbling and complaining. These mummies may be mommies or daddies; they may even be preachers or teachers. But they are corpses who aren't quite dead. Their near comatose condition exempts from pain, but denies them pleasure. They may be immune to failure, but they are susceptible to all kinds of negative experiences.
What good is life without living? Taste it, live it even at the risk of occasional failure and adversity. If you are going to stand at the plate, take a swing at the ball! "What if I miss?" you say. Well I say, "What if you miss out before you've even taken a swing?" Wake up and play! You're not dead! Many things in you may have died, but you are not dead!
Perhaps you have given up. No one knows you've quit, but inside, you have thrown in the towel. You wanted to make a difference, but when you ran into some obstacles, you decided to adjust your expectations to your limitations.
Jesus suffered the loss of His disciples, His earthly ministry, His friends, and even His clothes. They cast lots at His bleeding feet for His seamless robe (John 19:23, 24), but they could not strip away His passion. Even while He was dying He continued to minister His message. He went through hell to reach the joy set before Him, but when He had finished, He got up with the keys to death and hell! His prize was a Church purchased by the blood He shed. But what is ultimately important is that He accomplished it with His passion.
God has too much for you to do to waste any more time! Get up, breathe deeply of this moment. There will never be another moment in your life like this one. I can't spare you tears, fears, or trauma; each passion has its cost. In fact, it is the cost that validates the enormity of the passion. It is what you endure that expresses the depth of your desire.
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