I Want To Say Yes

Back in February, when Opal and I saw Free Burma Rangers Movie in theaters, this quote really stood out to me. It gripped me as if the silver screen was speaking to just me. I’ve reflected on it so much since then and what it means to me in my life. I couldn’t wait until the movie was released for digital purchase to be able to hear his exact words again.

“You might as well go for it because what are you going to hold onto? You’re going to lose your life one day anyway. So, saying yes is [saying], God, all the good things you have for us, I want them. And anything useful to do that I can do, I would like to do it. So, I’ll say yes. And I want to say no to the swamp of sin on one side that gets me bogged down. And no to the swamp of good things to do—Christian things to do—that God didn’t ask me to do that will also bog me down. And I want to say yes to that line that God has to which I believe has no caution lights. It’s green. Go man, as fast as you want to go! How much faith do you have? GO!! That’s what I want to do.”

—David Eubank, Founder, Free Burma Rangers

I believe it’s no accident that we had the opportunity to see this movie when we did. No, we may not be called to be missionary soldiers on the frontlines of Burma or Iraq. But how do we tap into the very reason we were placed on this Earth? Is it to simply report to a job for 50 years counting down until retirement? Is it to hop on that conveyor belt of societal expectations and cultural norms just as everyone else? I hardly think so.

How do we ensure we are saying yes to what God truly intends for us to do? I, for one, want more than anything to figure out how to say no to all the good things—the Christian things—that God didn’t necessarily ask me to do. How is it that we find what “that line” is for us?

Photo Credit: Free Burma Rangers Movie