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Do you remember playing tag when you were kids?

Not too long ago I sat in my truck outside my daughter’s school and watched a bunch of kids playing tag. They were running and sliding and dodging and squealing with joy! Lord, the energy. But even those kids with all their youthful exuberance needed a break after a while and where did they go? Base.

Yeah, base. What a great place. They were safe on base. They were untouchable on base. If they stayed on base they would never have to run again or get tired or thirsty or be “it!” Why on earth would they ever want to leave a place like that? But they did. And their smiles returned.

Somewhere between then and now we’ve lost the purpose of base. Base was never meant to be our home. Base was only supposed to be the place where we got recharged, renewed, revitalized so that we could get back in the game and enjoy the life we were created to live.

But letting go is tough, isn’t it? Some of us have been on base for so long we’ve either forgotten how to let go or we’re too afraid. But unless and until we do we will never again revel in the joyful, purposeful, and abundant life God created us to live.

“This message is extremely relevant for the “church” today.” – Tim

“WOW! Unlike a lot of books, you go right to the core of the struggles many Christians have.” – Mark

Matt Mosler is a television and radio personality, syndicated columnist, speaker and singer. He is also an ordained minister and the full-time director of Beautiful Feet, Inc.