Monday, September 29, 2008

Surround Sound Steward:Adrenaline Rush

In the "Whatever It Takes" series, I mentioned how to become a "Surround Sound Steward." That is, how to use every thing from every angle God gives you in order to live for Him...



So today I want to mention a new way of thinking and being this kind of a Steward from an approach I learned this weekend from listening to Mark Batterson in his "Wild Goose Chase" series....



>>> Be a steward of Excitement: God created our Adrenal Glands, he created the Epinephrine and Norepinephrine that the Adrenal Glands secrete, and these are the hormones responsible for our Sympathetic Nervouse system that kick in the "Fight Or Flight" response.



>>> One caveat: Being a Steward of Excitement and Adventure, a Steward of The Adrenal Glands is pursuing excitement in God-Ordained ways. Mark has a cool definition of sin that says, "Sin is meeting a legitimate need in an illegitimate way." So make sure you are pursuing this legitimate need of an adrenal rush in the legitimate God-Ordained way!