While I traveled recently, I read a book I have been meaning to read for some time. In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day (Mark Batterson) is an incredible read! I am definitely behind the curve on this one and am probably one of the last people on the planet to read this book.
However, if you are one of the other ones, you have to read this book!
The core theme is that God-sized moves require God-ordained risks and is based off of a few obscure verses in scripture:
“There was also Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant warrior from Kabzeel. He did many heroic deeds, which included killing two champions of Moab. Another time, on a snowy day, he chased a lion down into a pit and killed it. Once, armed only with a club, he killed a great Egyptian warrior who was armed with a spear. Benaiah wrenched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with it.” – 2 Sam 23:20-21
There are a lot of great points in the book, but my favorite quote from the book is actually a requote from G.K. Chesterton. It really boils it down to having a high view of God.
“How much happier you would be, how much more of you there would be, if the hammer of a higher God could smash your small cosmos.”
Well said.
