You Are The Opportunity

Are you tired of waiting for the perfect time or the right moment? This piece will challenge you to see your life differently. It's an emotional and inspiring journey from fear and doubt to a life fueled by faith and purpose.

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9/22/20254 min read

The Lie of Waiting

We are taught to wait. Taught to sit on the shoreline of life, watching the waves of chance roll in, hoping one will carry us to our destiny. We wait for the right time, the right person, the right season. We call it patience; the universe calls it postponement. This waiting is a form of silence, a whisper of a life unlived. We fill our days with prayers for open doors, forgetting that we were born with a master key in our hands. We chase after opportunities, blind to the truth that we, ourselves, are the greatest one we will ever encounter.

The Unspoken Truth of Your Existence

Your birth was not a request. It was an answer. You were not put on this earth to be a spectator, but to be a creator. Every breath you take is a declaration that the world is incomplete without your unique contribution. Your gifts are not random; they are clues to your purpose. Your passions are not coincidences; they are the breadcrumbs leading you to your calling. You were designed to solve a problem, to light a fire, to fill a void that only you can fill. You are not a seeker of opportunities; you are the solution the world has been seeking.

The Cost of Postponement

Every day you wait, you rob the world of your brilliance. The songs you don't sing, the words you don't write, the ideas you don't build—they are ghosts haunting the halls of possibility. The world is full of broken platforms and empty stages because too many of us have chosen to sit in the audience, clapping for the courage we lack. We are a generation of bystanders, watching others build the futures we secretly wish were our own. But destiny is not found in a wish; it is forged in a decision. The decision to stop shrinking. The decision to stop begging. The decision to become.

The Revolution of "Becoming"

What if you stopped waiting and started creating? What if you realized that your life is not a dress rehearsal but the main event? The world doesn't need another person to sit and hope; it needs a person to stand up and act. Steve Jobs didn't wait for the perfect computer; he created it. Oprah didn't wait for a golden microphone; she spoke until the world listened. Nelson Mandela didn't wait for freedom to come; he led until freedom was inevitable. They weren't just lucky; they were done waiting. They owned who they were.

The Dawn of Your Power

Today, you have a choice. You can continue to live as a spectator, or you can choose to become the opportunity. The moment you own this truth, your entire world will shift. You will stop fearing competition, because opportunities don't compete; they attract. You will stop needing validation, because your existence is already a declaration of worth. You will stop looking for a platform, because your voice, your story, your life, is the most powerful platform you will ever have. Rise. Build. Create. Become. Stop being a seeker and start being a solution. Because you were not born to look for opportunities—you were born as one

The Mirage of Sight

We live in a world that demands proof. Our eyes are trained to believe only what they can see, our minds to trust only what they can logically explain. We are taught to build our lives on a foundation of tangible evidence. But what happens when the evidence fails? When the bank account is empty, when the diagnosis is grim, when the road ahead is shrouded in darkness? In these moments, the very sight we relied on becomes a mirage, a cruel trick of the light that promises a path where there is none. Sight can only show you where you have been; it cannot show you where you are going. It can count your losses but never your blessings waiting to be found. It is in this void, this place of not knowing, that we are faced with our most important choice.

Embracing the Unseen

To live by faith is to choose a different kind of vision. It is to close your physical eyes and open the eyes of your spirit. It is to declare that the truth of God’s promise is greater than the reality of your present circumstances. Faith is the radical act of believing in the impossible, of hoping in the face of despair, of trusting when every instinct tells you to fear. It is the compass that guides you when the map is blank and the stars are hidden. It is not about ignoring reality; it is about interpreting reality through the lens of a God who has never spoken a word that did not come to pass.

The Great Exchange

This is the divine exchange: for your worries, He offers His peace. For your uncertainties, He offers His certainty. For your failures, He offers His grace. When you walk by faith, you trade the fragile, shifting ground of human logic for the unshakeable foundation of God’s promises. You stop trying to control the uncontrollable and surrender to the One who is already in control. You release the burden of having to figure it all out and lean into the assurance that He already has. This is not a passive surrender; it is an active, courageous choice to look at the storm and still believe in the sun.

The Power of Persistence

Faith is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it becomes. When sight fails, faith will sustain you. It will whisper courage into your soul when you feel weak. It will remind you that your story is not over, that your end is not found in this chapter. It is the fuel that keeps you moving forward, praying even when your voice trembles, and hoping even when your heart aches. Remember, every great story in history, every miracle, every breakthrough, began with someone who chose to believe in a promise they couldn't see. Your choice to walk by faith today is not just for you; it is a testament to the world of a love that is unwavering and a power that is limitless.

Walk by faith today. Not because the road is easy, but because the One who walks with you is faithful.

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