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Walking this morning, I passed by the elevator and noticed a crowd gathered outside of the doors, waiting. The stairs are less than 15 yards away. Something else then occurred to me: there’s three floors in the building. So, of course, I saw an illustration to be had. How many times do we, as Christians, stand around and wait for something to happen? While it’s not happening, we complain. It’s slow. There’s too many people. It stinks. When all we have to do is put a little extra energy into things, and they will happen sooner and more efficiently. We just seem to be avoiding the stairs; we don’t want to work a little. This leads us to today’s question: when’s the last time you stair-climbed for something you’ve wanted? Not just prayer and waiting, but really reaching out for it and working towards it? Christians aren’t called to be lazy: we aren’t supposed to wait for the elevator.