I’m doing more public speaking right now than I have ever done.
And usually, before I step on stage to share an idea with a crowd, I have a conversation with God in my head.
It goes something like this:
Me: God, are you sure you want me up there on that stage?
God: I do.
Me: Are you sure? I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my life. Do you know what I’ve done?
God: I do.
Me: It was pretty big.
God: Was it? Everything looks small in the shadow of the cross.
And then I walk on stage.
But at the heart of that conversation is a problem. A trick the devil loves to play on us. A trick so devious that I had to draw it out to show you what I mean.
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