US Open Pressure
“As tension mounts, breakdowns in synchronization are inevitable. Panic takes the mind to the backswing rather than the target. Great players crash and burn as they emerge on the US Open leader board, but not because they are poor players. They fail because their synchronization fails. They simply can’t consistently get it in the slot coming down the stretch. They lack freedom to play the game in front of their ball when it means the most.”
When is the last time you threw caution to the wind and embarked on an unscheduled adventure? It could change your destiny. One day several years ago, Karen and I had the rug pulled out from under us by a couple of business associates. We were at a crossroads so we prayed and God said to take off on a “right or left” journey (see the scripture below for context). We jumped on a plane to Albuquerque, got a rental car, and headed north and prayed at every major highway intersection, “Lord do we turn left or right.” Two nights later we were in a mountain village we had never been to, staying in a beautiful mountain home with a Christian couple we had never met, cooking dinner together, breaking bread, praying deeply about life, and being filled with love and inspiration and prophecy (new for us). This experience still has me in awe and literally changed the trajectory of our lives and theology. I shudder to think that we could have missed that adventure. I had to cancel my calendar and throw caution to the wind and follow the voice. It was an inconvenient course correction at the time that literally changed our destiny.
“Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘this is the way; walk in it’.”
- Isaiah 30: 21 NIV