Missing out on God's best

God has an extraordinary, miraculous, impossible destiny for each one of us, but none of us will be able to achieve it by hunkering down in our comfort zones.

But forget all that—it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. (Isaiah 43:18-19)

I don’t take shortcuts often. Directions are hard for me, so I drive the way I know gets me there.…