Opportunity Is Always Knocking

I'm a huge wrestling fan, and somehow I began thinking on something that happened a few years ago when Lex Luger had a world championship match with The Giant (later to be named The Big Show).  Now, the first match, Luger missed the title match because of "traffic" so he granted another title match in which he missed again because of a "canceled flight."  After not one but two back to back opportunities there was a question of why Luger would miss two big opportunities back to back when world title matches aren't just granted to people on a whim.  Even his best friend, Sting, got in Luger's face about Luger's lack of focus concerning the most important opportunity of a life time.  Of course, since it is wrestling, Luger finally accepted the task and got his world title match opportunity.  And this is where, as the old saying goes, this is where the rubber meets the road because how many times have opportunities stared us in the face and we let trivial things stand in our way.  Sometimes, we look for heaven to open up and expect to see God's Hand point in a certain direction when He's actually already leading us in the little things we do daily. In Ecclesiastes 9:10 it says, "Whatsoever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, where you go."   You could find yourself giving art advice to a kid and discover maybe you're an art teacher or cook so many meals that you can be a chef or run a soup kitchen or be good at technology and there could be an IT career right at your door.  Like I said, opportunities are all around us and if instead of waiting for God to give us a goose bump about our destiny when He daily shows us our destiny everyday.  So think about all the opportunities you receive everyday and ask yourself are you taking advantage of it.  Remember, the race is not the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all (Ecclesiastes 9:11).  Your time and chance is here and now so what will you do with it.