Chase the Lion: If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It's Too Small

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Time and time again Mark challenged me to be disenchanted with the status quo, to dream bigger dreams, to try more courageous things, to see that my life is not just lived for me.

This week I was talking to a new friend who recently transitioned from leadership in a local church to leadership in a global organization.Rather than seeing a five-hundred-pound problem, they see an opportunity for God to show up and show His power. Each week has space in the margin for trackable items such as the week’s goals, goals met, prayer requests, to-do lists, etc.

As is my habit while reading books I underline sections that I agree with, challenge me, encourage or give me inspiration. Written in a way that both challenges and encourages, this revolutionary book will help unleash the faith and courage you need to identify, chase, and catch the five hundred pound dreams in your life. Straight from God’s Word, Chase the Lion is a great message for any team and for people in every walk of life. Chapters are filled with stories of church planting, historical leaders, missionary tales, and Scripture references that stir the heart.In fact, he goes so far as to argue that we may even be fulfilling the dreams that someone had years ago and not even realize it. If we aren t courageous and bold enough to extend ourselves and believe that God will give us the capacity for greatness, we will have cheated our potential. Likewise, I believe that many Christians need to tear down the lifeless shell of what they perceive to be Christianity so that they can discover the true joy and abundant life that Jesus offers.

With grit and gusto, New York Times bestselling author Mark Batterson delivers a bold message to everyone with a big dream. Based upon II Samuel 23, Chase the Lion tells the true story of an ancient warrior named Benaiah who chased a lion into a pit on a snowy day—and then killed it. If we aren’t courageous and bold enough to extend ourselves and believe that God will give us the capacity for greatness, we will have cheated our potential.Scripture doesn't tell us what Benaiah was doing or where he was going when he encountered this lion. Sometimes our kids were totally oblivious to the fact that we had the ball, so I would yell at the top of my lungs: You're on offense! Mark holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from Regent University and is the New York Times best-selling author of seventeen books, including The Circle Maker, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, Wild Goose Chase, Play the Man, Whisper, and, most recently, Double Blessing.