Are you willing...

I settled myself into a comfy reading chair at the local library and waded into Rich Sterns book yesterday afternoon. Over the next two hours, Rich reached into my life and tugged at my heart.

Questions always have a particular way of getting past my barriers and borrowing under my skin. They tend to work on me imperceptibly at first, like a quality tea they steep in the back of my mind.

Early into my read, Rich shared the account of a headhunter’s appeal recruiting Rich to consider the World Vision CEO position. Rich was a tough sell, but the recruiter landed a major blow when the recruiter ask this question, “Are you willing to be open to God’s will for your life?” That question registered the first ‘click’ as God began to unlock, one tumbler at a time, Rich’s safe, guarded and sheltered Christian life.

“Are you willing to be open to God’s will for your life?” Thanks to my afternoon read that question now sits steeping in my mind. Where will it lead? I don’t know. That is part of what this journey is about for me...

Let me repeat it one more time for good measure, “Are you willing to be open to God’s will for your life?”… Are you???