Chasing Daylight: Seize the Power of Every Moment

by Erwin McManus

Publisher:

Thomas Nelson

, 2006

Overview

Choices unlock divine moments. Pastor and author Erwin Raphael McManus invites readers to choose a life of blazing urgency.

Are you willing to risk failure? Are you ready to get in the game? You may stumble, but you will find yourself falling forward, propelled toward the God-inspired adventure He intends you to live. Using the biblical characters of Saul and Jonathan during Israel’s war with the Philistines (1 Samuel 13 and 14), Chasing Daylight (formerly titled Seizing Your Divine Moment) demonstrates the difference between living a life of purpose and adventure and living one of apathy and missed opportunity. While Saul rested beneath a pomegranate tree, Jonathan seized the divine moment and redirected the future of Israel. McManus uses Jonathan’s example to artfully illustrates the eight characteristics of an adventurer’s heart, what he calls “the Jonathan factor”:

• Taking initiative
• Accepting uncertainty
• Stewarding influence
• Embracing risk
• Continuing to advance
• Creating impact
• Moving in obedience
• Awakening potential

We have but one life. We are given one opportunity to pursue our dreams and fulfill our divine purpose. Every moment counts, and we must engage them with fierceness and zeal. In Chasing Daylight, Erwin Raphael McManus offers the tools to put an end to passive observation and start seizing the raw, untapped potential of your life with God.

Contents

Top Highlights

“What once was a statement of promise is now an assessment of lost opportunity. There is a point where you’re not supposed to be full of potential; you’re supposed to be full of talent, capacity, product. Potential is a glimpse of what could be, yet there must be a shift from where we have potential to where we are potent.” (source)

“While the Scripture is full of first-dimension faith, it’s the second- dimension faith that stands out.” (source)

“A life touched by God always ends in touching others.” (source)

“We must always remember that God’s greatest moments for us are never for us alone. They are always about our lives touching the lives of others. For too long we have accepted the popular notion of a faith that is just for us. This is nothing more than the spiritualization of a life that is just about me—a life of selfishness.” (source)

“The greatest danger that success brings, aside from arrogance, is the fear of losing what has been gained. The courage and willingness to risk that breed success are endangered after success is obtained.” (source)

Product Details

• Title : Chasing Daylight: Seize the Power of Every Moment
• Author: McManus, Erwin Raphael
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Publication Date: 2006
• ISBN: 9781418525842

About Erwin McManus

Erwin Raphael McManus is an iconoclast known as a cultural pioneer for his integration of creativity and spirituality. An artist, entrepreneur, and thought leader, he is also founder of MOSAIC, a community of faith in Los Angeles, California. McManus is the author of Soul Cravings, Chasing Delight, and other leading books on spirituality and creativity. His travels have taken him to over 50 countries and he has spoken to over a million people from a wide variety of audiences, from professional athletes to Wall Street investors, universities, film studios, and conferences around the world. McManus has a bachelor of arts in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a master’s of divinity from Southwestern Theological Seminary, and a doctorate of humane letters from Southeastern University.