23/11/2018

<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />Good morning. My twenty-fifth birthday, some a few years back now, was a huge wake-up call. Every birthday before that had been met with excitement and anticipation, but the morning I turned 25 I felt quite low and empty. I had a great family and really good friends, my music career was going well, and I had recently met Emma, the girl I’d marry one year later. On the outside looking in, most would say that I wasn’t doing badly – but on the inside I felt lost.

So there I was on my birthday with a degree, a successful career and a girlfriend who I strongly believed would become my wife. Yet as the birthday texts rolled in, I remember lying in my bed thinking: “Surely there’s more to life than good grades, starting a family, buying a house, paying bills and then dying” Those negative thoughts propelled me into prayer – prayer that I might find my true purpose.

As I prayed, somehow I felt a sense of liberation and peace. It even made me feel confident and fearless. There’s something about trusting God to work in your life -. I have found It makes it easier to take risks and break the norms.. but Words don’t mean much if we’re not willing to live them out.

Lord, I don’t know why I’m here but I know that I’m alive for a reason. I don’t want to succumb to living a ‘normal’ life and following the same patterns that have been cemented for generations. I want to live a radical, adventurous, exciting and faith-filled life, walking the path that you have set out for me. Help me to find my purpose, and dream dreams and see visions so big that they’re impossible to achieve without your help. Amen.