Me and My Eureka Moments

  Is It Luck?  Have you ever been in a situation where everything just fell into place — and you walked away thinking, “Wow, that was lucky”? We usually call something luck when we can’t explain it, when the pieces fit together in a way we didn’t expect. I once heard a pastor say something that shifted my entire perspective. I’ll get to that shortly — but first, let’s talk about how we normally respond. It’s easy to thank God when something good happens. But even when what we prayed for hasn’t happened yet, sometimes we can still feel things moving… aligning… shaping… as if an invisible hand is already working behind the scenes. We often label those moments as luck. But is it really? David’s “Lucky Escape” — Or Was It? Think about David. In 1 Samuel 23:24–29 , Saul had completely surrounded him. David was trapped. From every direction, an army pressed in, and there was no way out. He was inches away from death. And then — at the very last second — a messenger ran t...

  Taking a Leap I used to be terrified of swimming. The idea of deep water made my heart race — but I wanted to overcome that fear, so I joined a swimming class. If you’re like me, scared of water or scared of the unknown, you’ll understand what I felt when the instructor asked me to jump into the deep end. Every fear I thought I’d buried suddenly rushed back to the surface. Taking a leap means stepping into the unknown, right? But then I looked around. Other people were jumping in without hesitation. Their lungs work the same as mine. Their bodies float the same way mine does. So what’s different? Not the body — the mind. They are calm. I’m scared. In water, your body naturally rises because of the air in your lungs… but if you panic, you can still drown. That’s the difference fear makes. For someone who loves cliff diving, this fear would seem silly. They’d probably say, “Come on, it’s just water!” To them, the leap is simple. And I think that’s how God looks at us somet...