chasing a lion

Mark Batterson wrote a book entitled "In A Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day" and it is an awesome book!!! In the book he talks about how each one of us has a lion that we need to chase in order to become who we are meant to become.  He focuses on a guy mentioned in II Samuel named Benaiah who chased down a lion into a pit on a snowy night and killed him (II Samuel 23:20).  The decision to chase after the lion opened doors for him in the future and his life would have been a lot different if he had run the other way.  Anyway, I have been thinking about that book a lot as I think about moving to DC and all the uncertainties that come along with that.  It's amazing, though, because even something really exciting and awesome (something that is almost a dream come true) can be a lion in one's life.  It is so easy to run away from things that cause us to feel unsure of what will come of them, but to run after the opportunities God has placed before us is something that Mark focuses on again and again in his book.  He says "your greatest regret at the end of your life will be the lions you didn't chase..."  Emotions play a huge role in the chasing of a lion (refer to previous post).  It seems that for me that is what causes me to question and that is one of my biggest lions in life.  My own emotions can keep me from running after things instead of firing me up for the chase ahead.  I have learned that this is a place where Satan tries to bring me down because I am so sensitive and feel things very deeply, but now that I have realized the lion hiding within my own emotions it makes me want to charge ahead, conquering the bind and going after the opportunities ahead!  

Seriously, you should read Mark's book because after you do you will constantly relate things back to what you learned and you will continue to see more lions in your life that you can and must conquer!  It's one of those life changing books...