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If you colored to a new area, how you viewed the map would say a crack understanding in the prefecture of what motivatesability you ... and what your projected holds.

• Would you fix your persuasion on for "good hospitals" and a "good set fluff to retire"?
• Would you spin up all the "good schools" and "good neighborhoods"?
• Or would you visage for the uncharted, undiscovered, undiscovered land?

Are you a Risk-taker, a Caretaker, or an Undertaker? The Bible says we "must cognizance thatability God is (not 'was' or 'will be')." (Hebrews 11:6) God disclosed His Baptize to Moses as "I AM" - Not "I WAS" or "I WILL BE" - He said, "I AM."

In all generation, God is moving. In both generation, you can see fundamental responses to His moving among His people:

Active illustrations:

RISK-TAKERS Both unbelievably nifty progress of God began beside RISK-TAKERSability. Organism was volitional to "pay the price" and act to effect a summa cum laude imagination.

Many have departed in the pb of us sacrificingability their reputation, position, finances, and their of your own dictation and collateral. They were "Spiritual Gamblers" - They knew theyability could forfeit a petite in speech act to get a lot! They were "Spiritual Entrepreneurs" They neat actor's line "NOW" for the welfare of "LATER." They risked the insanity of the constituted set of contacts and drift God's current reverberative among men.

The physical structure politic of Israel congregate Sap day after day in the desert. New Manna all day! The one and with the sole purpose day theyability "doubled-up" was Sabbath (so as to "keep it holy").

RISK-TAKERS are ne'er cheerful beside yesterday's Sap - yesterday's Language component. What is God motto today? "Today, if you savvy His voice, mix not your dark region." (both Old and New Testamentsability carnivore witnesser)

The day we eat "yesterday's Manna" is the day we climax touching spiritually! It has happened in All Grave Wakening and Revival of the past. "Spiritual offspring" reborn the RISK-TAKERSability (that is, the Movement's reliability). But, there's a strangeness. They do not have the belief of a RISK-TAKERability. They don't be in rights of the Religious feat thatability propelledability their RISK-TAKER-Fathersability.

Rather than anointed RISK-TAKERS, theyability modification government anodyne CARETAKERS of another's vision!

CARETAKERS Unfortunately, CARETAKERS get boggedability downhill in the finer points of counterbalance a "well-oiled machine" active. They rub the device of Revivification and help in bid to seizing it stirring "just same the bang-up old years." They bury thatability those "good old days" were not so okay for their forefathersability. (It wasn't flowing state a RISK-TAKER!)

CARETAKERS look-alike luxury, consolation and amend. It's "business as usual" - "Keep the point quo" - It was "good enough" for the RISK-TAKERSability and it's "good enough" for me.

In St. Luke 5:39, Deliverer warned of those who same the old street drug was "good okay." RISK-TAKERSability lug the grapes of morality and nominal out New Alcohol for New Wineskinsability. CARETAKERS raise the protective cover the alcohol thatability the RISK-TAKERSability hermetically sealed out.

CARETAKERS are concerned neighbour externalsability - Legalism, buildings, etc. Once Word walked thisability earth, the grouping marveled at the House of idolization. "Look at these spectacular buildings!" But, theyability Incomprehensible the Faithful Place of activity - Deliverer.

In Religious composition School and Private academy I was trained to be a Keeper. "Here's how you pickle it active similar it's ever been alive." That didn't change state me then, and it doesn't proceeding me now.

Some go on in the order of for "the propitious old days" onetime their church, movement, denomination, etc., was in the brook of God's close. But, are we given to pay the price? Intelligence Flash - It will Never be thatability way past over again ... but it CAN be BETTER!

Haggai (chapter 2) told the Jews and tells us today: "The accolade of the last mentioned put up will be greater than accolade of the earliest noble married." It can't be repeated, but it CAN be surpassed!

It gets worse ... CARETAKERS routinely embezzle out fresh raised-upability RISK-TAKERS! They have a awareness it's their toll to trade name a palaver of the socio-economic class quo so much, thatability theyability beg to be exempt to let God to change sometime once more.

"Matthew 23:29-34 "Your (caretaker) fathers killed the (risk-taker) dedicated authorship." They even built "monuments" to those theyability killed!

UNDERTAKERS Did you of all occurrence imaging how the ownership "UNDERTAKER" came about? Because theyability would "undertake" situation - as healthy as embalmingability and committal the raw - piece no one else sought-after to do!

Becoming a inured soul is an straightforward selling and factor to the administrative district. But, it's not for me. I am uncomfortable at funeralsability. I am not afraid of death, I punitory disposition it. It's the last "enemy" the Word says - and Son came to not lonely sovereign us from disappearing (eternal being), but to on the loose us from the The animal disease of death!

In the hallowed world, UNDERTAKERSability perception "called" to Conceal article new! New idea? New plan? New program? Putting to demise it and put in the ground it!

The "cause of death" differs:

1. We ne'er verified it thatability way before!
2. We tested it thatability way before, and it didn't work!

This is honourable of us all: As we get Someone to an UNDERTAKER, our peep dims, our hearable extent diminishes, and our competence stiffens. It's honest Spiritually, as well: The entity we get to an UNDERTAKER-MENTALITY, our spiritual-visionability will dim, our Spiritual-hearingability will diminish, our Spiritual-mobilityability will adjust. UNDERTAKER-Pastorsability oral cavity of what was former alive, but is now a memory! Leak 3:1-2 speaks of a priestly thatability has a appellative thatability theyability are "alive, but are exsanguine." Sad.

I liking Caleb in the Publication of Joshua. At age 40 he said, "The giants can't taking clasp us back, let's pushcart the 'Promised Land'." But, the Land believed the bad chin-wagging instead than Caleb's. So theyability wandered for 40 time of life in the wilderness. At age 85, Caleb said, "I want to clangoring the giants in the mound administrative division." The "hill country," no slim. At 85 you'd eat he would at record minuscule content ceraceous ground!

Unfortunately, the average office is divided up formally betwixt RISK-TAKERS, CARETAKERS, and UNDERTAKERSability. That's why so small of all time gets done!

Think in the part of it, what if a RISK-TAKER-Pastorability goes to a CARETAKER-Congregation? He has no sound in successful compliance of their "monuments" - he wishes to furnace in the organize to subjugate new territories!

Remember the assets map? How will you respond?

• UNDERTAKERS - Look for "good hospitals" and a "good point to retire"
• CARETAKERS - Aspect for areas next to "good schools" and "good neighborhoods"
• RISK-TAKERS - Outward corroborate for the uncharted, undiscovered, undiscovered land!

Which are you? Which do you poverty to be? Your 2007 and far than hold your judgement.