Phil Vischer told of how his dramatic success with the company “Big Idea” was short-lived, because it wasn’t really what God wanted for him, in the end.
His story of success and failure may have reminded you of your own experience…
DISCUSSION POINTS
• Have you gone through a time in your life when you realised you were chasing something that wasn’t yours to chase?
• Perhaps you pursued a talent you thought you had but really you didn’t have what it takes… Some artistic pursuit perhaps, or a great business idea that didn’t work out…
• Maybe you were working in the right area, but became too ambitious and began chasing a worldly measure of success…
• Ever had a dream or a goal for the sake of having one?
• Tell us about that experience where God seemed to pull the carpet from beneath your feet, put up one of those signs that said “Wrong Way, Go Back” … and changed your direction completely.
• Tell us your story!
Comments (2)
Loved Phil Vischer's honesty, humility & humor. Amazing story.
Learned some life lessons, without hopefully/prayerfully going through them.
Thanks
Posted by Sharlene | February 23, 2009 6:00 PM
Posted on February 23, 2009 18:00
Hi there,
Thanks for your thoughful interview of Phil Vischer. I found the idea of 'holding onto things loosely' a really helpful principle. I'm at the beginning of an academic 'career' - I put career in inverted commas because the whole idea of career seems to me to entail a fairly tight hold on a particular kind of work, which I think can be dangerous for a Christian. I can see that God has been using me for his purposes in my university context over the last few years while I've been doing my PhD, but I'm trying to keep a 'loose hold' on the academic work I've been doing and make God's work a priority, so that if God leads me to somewhere else to continue his Kingdom work, I won't be too reluctant and end up playing tug-a-war!
Posted by Claire | February 22, 2009 10:32 PM
Posted on February 22, 2009 22:32