Chase the Lion by Mark Batterson
Week 9: Chapter 8 — The Day I Met the Man Who Could Have Been Me
Read Chapter 8 of Chase the Lion. Key Scripture: Luke 19:11–27 (the Parable of the Minas)
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Batterson brings the journey home with a personal and sobering reflection on the roads not taken — and on the eternal weight of the choices we make to either bury or invest the gifts God has given us.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Batterson describes a pivotal encounter with someone who represented a version of the life he could have lived if he had made different choices. Has there been a 'mirror moment' in your life — a person or circumstance that showed you a version of yourself you were in danger of becoming or had already become?
2.The Parable of the Minas (Luke 19) features a servant who buried his talent out of fear. Batterson argues that this is not just a cautionary tale about money — it is a story about what we do with every gift, dream, and opportunity God entrusts to us. What have you been tempted to 'bury' rather than invest?
3.The chapter presses on the idea that we will one day give an account for the dreams we did not pursue. How does that eschatological reality — the idea that we will stand before God and account for our lives — shape the urgency with which you approach your calling today?
a.What is one thing you know God has called you to do that you have not yet started?
b.What would it take for you to begin this week?
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