Sergio de la Mora > Quotes

“The irony about a ridiculous command from God is that it will usually seem like the exact opposite of what we “should” do. When we’ve been wronged, our natural response is to retaliate, but God’s ridiculous command is to forgive entirely. When we’ve lost deeply, it makes sense that we’d pull back for fear of enduring loss again, but God’s ridiculous command is to push forward. When we’ve gained something, our initial response is to hold on tight to preserve it, but God’s ridiculous command is to give it away. These commands give us a revelation that God’s methods are often radically different from ours. It’s not going to make sense to us because we don’t see the way our story ends. All we see is an ask of faith from God that puts us at a crossroads between what is logical and illogical. Yet however ridiculous it seems, we must obey.”
― Sergio de la Mora, Paradox: The God Who Breaks the Rules

“when you push beyond your boundaries and align your steps with the heart of God, He will break the rules to accelerate blessings in your life. During challenging seasons that test us spiritually, emotionally, and relationally, it’s easy to want to step back instead stepping forward. We all want to know what’s next, but if we know every step that comes next, we will live from a limited dream and limited faith. It’s not in the known that we discover God’s plan of paradox; it’s in the unknown. And it’s only when we push the boundaries of faith and logic that we begin to step into the unknown.”
― Sergio de la Mora, Paradox: The God Who Breaks the Rules

“If we were to take a blank piece of paper and draw a dot representing where we are and another dot representing where God is leading you, the empty space between those two dots would be the unknown. In that empty space, God begins to write things into your future that are beyond your reach if you stay planted at your dot. It’s in the empty space in our life that God talks to us in ways that we’ve never heard before. When the money’s in the bank, we don’t need God to talk to us. When our marriage and kids are on the right track, we don’t need God to talk to us. When everything makes sense, we don’t need God to talk. But in the empty spaces where there is nothing known or seen between our dot and God’s dot, we desperately need God to speak. Life’s most painful circumstances form deep-seated beliefs that need a bigger God to dispel them.”
― Sergio de la Mora, Paradox: The God Who Breaks the Rules

“The world is a busy, hectic place and the need to slow down and focus on one thing and one thing only has never been greater. In a typical day, our phones don’t stop ringing, our texts don’t stop coming, and our meetings don’t stop running into each other. Even when we go home at the end of the day, the multiple hats don’t usually come off. The truth is we’ve lost the art of disconnecting from everything to be able to reconnect to one thing. Sometimes we need God to interrupt our incessantly busy lives to get us to focus on just one thing. Maybe that one thing is Him. Maybe that one thing is you. Maybe that one thing is your family. Maybe that one thing is the future. Whatever that one thing is, let it bring you back to a place where you can appreciate the process more than the product.”
― Sergio de la Mora, Paradox: The God Who Breaks the Rules

“Life is not a test you pass or fail. It’s not a game you win or lose. It’s a journey toward discovery that’s filled with lessons learned, skills acquired, and obstacles triumphed over that will one day lead you to understand everything you question today. Nothing in your past can disqualify you from your future unless you let it. Start believing now in the God who has already prequalified you for the life you were meant to live. Give Him a chance to pull out the credentials in you that others have overlooked and criticized. Open your heart and mind again to the possibility of things that you felt you didn’t deserve.”
― Sergio de la Mora, Paradox: The God Who Breaks the Rules

“To receive man’s recognition, you will have to abide by man’s rules. And man’s recognition might lead you to success, but it will never lead you to satisfaction. Satisfaction comes only from being recognized by God.”
― Sergio de la Mora, Paradox: The God Who Breaks the Rules