We have launched oxygen, the new name for Young Adults 18-25. oxygen: it’s about feeding the fire, it’s about getting recharged and refreshed. Dan Lian pointed out something quite thoughtful:

“Potential means ‘could be good, but not quite there yet’. Never will I want to see the word POTENTIAL being associated with OXYGEN YOUNG ADULTS. I don’t want us to be people with potential: ‘we have what it takes, but are yet to see something happen.’ NO! I want Oxygen Young Adults to be people who are DOING IT.”

Whilst potential speaks of what could be, it’s time to change our perspective and living live as we ought to, RIGHT NOW.

“You know that you have been called to do something great. You just know what God’s calling upon your life is. But for some reason you think that you can put it off when you ‘settle down’: after your studies, when you have a job, when you have more money… Let me tell you, it is not going to get any easier! If you are waiting for a time to settle down, you are going to wait a very long time.”

18-25s is an age group that has amazing opportunity. We are not to let it go to waste.

“This is the season, more so than any other in your life, that you have plenty of disposable income and plenty of time. Do any of you get up in the morning aching? I’m 30 and I already feel it! (Unless of course you were doing chest-presses at the gym the night before.) Do any of you have a $20,000 mortgage? Do any of you have a child that NEVER goes to sleep?”

We are going to explode! But it takes all of us to make a difference, by being the difference:

“Oxygen means life. It is where we become recharged and refreshed. Oxygen feeds the fire. When you mix fire and oxygen… you have MORE FIRE! Don’t bury what God has called you. Don’t bury what He has given you. Make the most of every opportunity and squeeze out every last bit of effort. I want OXYGEN to be a place where you end up feeling refreshed yet challenged to make a difference. You wait until it’s too late. I want you to live your life – not wasting one bit – like how my father eats prawns. You have to start NOW! Tick…tick…tick…BOOM!”

We need to get a hold of God’s calling, His blessing and His promises NOW! In every season, we have a calling.. and God appoints us for every opportunity that comes out way. With every opportunity we can choose to seize it or let it slip. But if we keep hesitating and making the excuse to wait for another time – perhaps when we’re ‘more free’ and have ‘more resources’. Why wait till you’re 50 to handle a challenge you could have met when you were 25? God’s calling and challenges is for now. Accomplish it, and He will bless you and give you more challenges. By the time you’re 50, you would have accomplished much and you would have already been trained to take on harder challenges. This is maturity. Growth takes time. 25 years of growth happens over 25 years. There are no shortcuts. Don’t wait any longer. Breathe in the breath of life from God and prepare yourself, everyday: feed the fire and start doing it: CARPE DIEM!