Jack Ward, Pastor
Tomahawk Missionary Baptist Church

John Maxwell tells the story of two shoe salesmen who were sent to a remote Island to sell shoes. After arriving, the first salesman called the home office back in Chicago and told them that he would be returning the next day because no one on the Island even wore shoes. The second salesman arrived and immediately noticed the same thing. He, too, called the home office in Chicago. But instead of telling them that he was returning tomorrow, he told them to send 10,000 pairs of shoes because everyone needed them.

People are as different as there are different styles of shoes. But there are really only two perspectives on life. Either you live life, or you let life live you. In other words, some have the perspective that I am going to live in response to what happens to me. They see life as a series of failures and defeats. They say, “I am going to decide how to think, how to act, and how to respond to life based on what life throws at me.” They experience failure and quit. They experience defeat and run away. They get beat up and flee. This is letting life live you.