To Infinity and Beyond

I once had a coach who said, "you can't let your high school days be the climax of your life."  At that point I was 17 and had no clue what she was talking about.  Five years later, I get it.  The second half of my high school career rocked cause that's when I got baptized and started growing in my relationship with God.  Its also when I realized there was something bigger in my life than sports.  When I got baptized God changed everything, he changed my church, my friends, my goals, and my outlook on life.  There was a whirlwind of action in my life at that time and as I went off to college I would look back over the past few months and say "wow, that's so cool, look what God did!" I was living off the joys of the past.  I think God was using those first couple months to get me hooked, so I would know the greatness that can be found in a relationship with Christ.  Then He brought me down off the "mountain" a little bit and said lets get to work.  Now that He had me in his arms He needed to shape me into the creation He originally intended on.  He couldn't just leave me as the mess that the world had molded me into.  It's almost been 4 years since I graduated high school and I'm realizing that God is doing another huge work in me.  He's changing everything once again, but this time I can't settle with getting back to where I was on that mountain top with God.  He's gotta take me exceeding abundantly above  anything I can dream up.  (Eph 3:20)  Its so easy to let all the pressures of the world convince you to settle for the good times you've had.  But I want to encourage you to push on beyond where you've been, and start exploring new territory with Christ.