I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the incredible power we have access to by being a child of God.  I grew up a staunch Southern Baptist, and I thank God for the solid foundation I received as a result, but let’s be honest, the Holy Spirit was not something that was taught or talked about a whole lot on any given Sunday.  We sang about Him in the Doxology and I knew He was part of the Trinity, but beyond that I was clueless.  As I moved into my adult years, I was fortunate to experience different types of worship in other parts of America and around the world, which opened my eyes and ears and heart to a whole new realm.  I found myself recently thinking about certain things that are spiritually a little outside my comfort zone and saying to myself “I believe God can do this or that” or “I believe God can move in this way or that”.  And then the thought occurred to me, “If I believe it, then why would I not want to take advantage of all the benefits”.  It would be like if I had a disease and sitting across from me was a doctor who had a vaccine that would cure my disease.  I sat there and watched the doctor administer the vaccine and people get cured, but when the doctor asks if I wanted to take the vaccine, I would say, “No, I believe that you have the cure and I see how it is benefitting those you are giving it to, but I think I’ll pass on the vaccine and just watch.”  Wow, that is crazy, right?  None of us would ever do that, but I find myself doing that spiritually.  I am a creature of habit and I gravitate towards what I am used to and comfortable with.  I find that the deeper I go with God, the more I am challenged to strip away the limitations, pre-conceived notions, expectations and what I am comfortable with.  There is so much more to God than my little brain can even begin to conceive.  But I do know one thing; I want to experience EVERYTHING that God is and EVERYTHING he has for me.  I don’t want to watch from the sidelines, I want to be IN THE GAME, the WHOLE game.  God will take me as far as I am willing to go.