Faith or Foolishness

Published: Sept. 9, 2018, 4 a.m.

Dreams and passions are fueled by a healthy dose of discontent with the status quo and a gnawing dissatisfaction with normal. When people get satisfied, they start protecting comfortable and comfortable is the enemy of more. You won\u2019t seek more of God when you\u2019re comfortable, you won\u2019t sacrifice to build the kingdom when your comfortable, you won\u2019t let go of good to lay hold of the best when you\u2019re comfortable.Anyone can tell time\u2014a flick of the wrist, a look at the dials, or a glance at your phone. But only a few can actually build something that actually keeps time. Telling time is simple arithmetic. Clock building is advanced engineering.Time tellers don't care about the details; they just want the time. Theirs is a world of status quo. They live in the moment and follow someone else's cadence. They take life as it comes\u2014minute by minute, hour by hour. They're satisfied to watch time come and go without much thought.Clock builders think differently\u2014they march to the beat of a different chime. They\u2019re not bound by the challenges of the moment\u2026they are willing to ask the \u201cwhat if\u201d questions about the future. Business as usual is never found in their vocabulary.