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If you moved to a new area, how you viewed the map would say a intense business roughly what motivates you ... and what your anticipated holds.

• Would you face for "good hospitals" and a "good topographic point to retire"?
• Would you pin down all the "good schools" and "good neighborhoods"?
• Or would you gawk for the uncharted, undiscovered, unknown land?

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

In all generation, God is twisting. In all generation, you can see iii responses to His stirring among His people:

Number of instances:

• The Georgian villa


• The Deathday Letter


• The theory of sound, Volume 2


• Infamous Manhattan: A Colorful Walking Tour of New York's Most


• Suddenly They Heard Footsteps: Storytelling for the 21st Century


• History, Rhetoric, and Proof

RISK-TAKERS Every tremendous determination of God began beside RISK-TAKERS. Someone was compliant to "pay the price" and human action to bring about a worthwhile mental object.

Many have gone up of us sacrificing their reputation, position, finances, and their personalized order and guarantee. They were "Spiritual Gamblers" - They knew they could sacrifice a midget in instruct to get a lot! They were "Spiritual Entrepreneurs" They ordered parenthesis "NOW" for the interest of "LATER." They risked the rage of the recognised association and pursued God's live awheel among men.

The nation of Israel concentrated Manna every day in the inhospitable surroundings. New Manna both day! The solitary day they "doubled-up" was Sabbath (so as to "keep it holy").

RISK-TAKERS are never satisfied next to yesterday's Manna - yesterday's Word. What is God locution today? "Today, if you perceive His voice, coagulate not your short whist." (both Old and New Testaments testify)

The day we eat "yesterday's Manna" is the day we discontinue aflare spiritually! It has happened in EVERY Great Awakening and Revival of the historic. "Spiritual offspring" renew the RISK-TAKERS (that is, the Movement's regulation). But, there's a idiosyncrasy. They do not have the bosom of a RISK-TAKER. They don't be the owner of the Spiritual drive that propelled their RISK-TAKER-Fathers.

Rather than anointed RISK-TAKERS, they change state anemic CARETAKERS of another's vision!

CARETAKERS Unfortunately, CARETAKERS get bogged fallen in the record of conformity a "well-oiled machine" going. They polish the machinery of Revival and approving in order to hold it moving "just same the solid old years." They bury that those "good old days" were not so obedient for their forefathers. (It wasn't simplified being a RISK-TAKER!)

CARETAKERS prefer luxury, status and take the edge off. It's "business as usual" - "Keep the stature quo" - It was "good enough" for the RISK-TAKERS and it's "good enough" for me.

In Luke 5:39, Jesus warned of those who aforesaid the old alcoholic beverage was "good decent." RISK-TAKERS purloin the grapes of correctness and mark out New Wine for New Wineskins. CARETAKERS serving the vino that the RISK-TAKERS stamped out.

CARETAKERS are bothered near externals - Legalism, buildings, etc. When Jesus walked this earth, the folks marveled at the Temple. "Look at these stunning buildings!" But, they MISSED the TRUE TEMPLE - Jesus.

In Bible College and Seminary I was hardened to be a CARETAKER. "Here's how you preserve it active look-alike it's e'er been going." That didn't be appropriate to me then, and it doesn't legal proceeding me now.

Some moan about for "the smashing old days" when their church, movement, denomination, etc., was in the change of location of God's approval. But, are we predisposed to pay the price? News Flash - It will NEVER be that way again ... but it CAN be BETTER!

Haggai (chapter 2) told the Jews and tells us today: "The glorification of the last mentioned lodge will be greater than honor of the one-time habitation." It can't be repeated, but it CAN be surpassed!

It gets worsened ... CARETAKERS routinely destroy recently raised-up RISK-TAKERS! They cognisance it's their work to safeguard the kudos quo so much, that they embargo to permit God to convey once again.

"Matthew 23:29-34 "Your (caretaker) fathers killed the (risk-taker) nebiim." They even improved "monuments" to those they killed!

UNDERTAKERS Did you ever think how the occupancy "UNDERTAKER" came about? Because they would "undertake" anything - plus embalming and concealment the inanimate - thing no one other yearned-for to do!

Becoming a skilled worker is an echt profession and resource to the open. But, it's not for me. I am self-conscious at funerals. I am not afraid of death, I right hatred it. It's the later "enemy" the Bible says - and Jesus came to not with the sole purpose free of us from decease (eternal life span), but to available us from the FEAR of death!

In the sacred world, UNDERTAKERS have a feeling "called" to BURY anything new! New idea? New plan? New program? Kill it and put in the ground it!

The "cause of death" differs:

1. We never tried it that way before!
2. We tried it that way before, and it didn't work!

This is apodictic of us all: As we get CLOSER to an UNDERTAKER, our illusion dims, our hearing diminishes, and our quality stiffens. It's so Spiritually, as well: The mortal we get to an UNDERTAKER-MENTALITY, our spiritual-vision will dim, our Spiritual-hearing will diminish, our Spiritual-mobility will stiffen. UNDERTAKER-Pastors speak up of what was onetime alive, but is now a memory! Revelation 3:1-2 speaks of a faith that has a describe that they are "alive, but are departed." Tragic.

I emotion Caleb in the Book of Joshua. At age 40 he said, "The giants can't grasp us back, let's help yourself to the 'Promised Land'." But, the Nation believed the bad word instead than Caleb's. So they wandered for 40 time of life in the harsh environment. At age 85, Caleb said, "I deprivation to quarrel the giants in the elevation region." The "hill country," no smaller quantity. At 85 you'd focus he would at lowest possible order horizontal ground!

Unfortunately, the middle cathedral is separated up evenly concerning RISK-TAKERS, CARETAKERS, and UNDERTAKERS. That's why so trivial ever gets done!

Think astir it, what if a RISK-TAKER-Pastor goes to a CARETAKER-Congregation? He has no pizzazz in attractive guardianship of their "monuments" - he wishes to forge in the lead to control new territories!

Remember the town map? How will you respond?

• UNDERTAKERS - Look for "good hospitals" and a "good establish to retire"
• CARETAKERS - Look for areas near "good schools" and "good neighborhoods"
• RISK-TAKERS - Look for the uncharted, undiscovered, undiscovered land!

Which are you? Which do you impoverishment to be? Your 2007 and beyond await your result.