"Do you ask for opportunities?"

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What if you absolutely love basketball, you’d rather play basketball than eat or sleep, but you never asked to try out for a team. Would you improve your playing skills?

What if you absolutely love to play basketball, but as a kid, you never asked your Dad to shoot hoops with you? Would you learn to play very well?

What if you absolutely love to play basketball, but you never asked your Mom, “Can I go to the playground to play ball?” Would you get to play much?

What if you absolutely love to play basketball, but you never asked your Grandparents, “Would you get me a basketball for my birthday?”

If you absolutely love to do something, then you have to ask for opportunities to do it. The odds of someone just walking up to you and saying, “Hey kid, you look like you love basketball. Want to play?” are slim to none.

Today, ask God for opportunities to do what you absolutely love. Listen to your life for those people God sends to you to give you such opportunities. Ask for opportunities to do what you love as you listen to life and make a life today, and not just a living.

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