MOMENTUM - Part I

MOMENTUM - Part I

Your opportunity-of-a-lifetime only takes place during the lifetime-of-the-opportunity.  In other words, your God given assignment has a definite shelf life.  In light of this, David prayed fervently, “Teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” (Psalm 90:12)  “Carpe diem,” a Latin phrase coined by the poet Horace, literally means “seize the day.”  This classic truth says as much about our FOCUS, as it does about our TIMING. 

As Kingdom Kids, it is an indispensable mandate to seize our GOD-GIVEN MOMENT (our vision, our assignment, our anointing) while it is OUR SEASON.  The Word declares that a blessed man “shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth fruit IN HIS SEASON.” (Psalm 1:3)  In all matters of life, TIMING IS KEY!  Even though GOD IS ETERNAL, i.e. from “everlasting to everlasting,” He works out His perfect will for us within the context and framework of TIME. (Psalm 90:2)  So I repeat, TIMING IS KEY!

What is the practical application here?  We should avoid becoming stagnant and stuck in any situation, or even in any level of success.  Obviously, we do not want to get mired in our failures, endlessly reliving them and bogged down by ‘the paralysis of analysis.’  But neither should we become stuck on and in our successes.  It is possible to complete a specific Kingdom assignment and then fail to move forward to the next – all due to our natural sense of comfort in things that seem easy and familiar.

To wit, God often calls us out of our comfort zones.  God never changes; however, His seasons for us do change.  Whenever God’s clarion call is trumpeted and a clear command ensues to ‘move the camp,’ those who are trapped by ‘failures’ or ‘familiars’ may be left behind.  That is, the human resistance to change results in a spiritual resistance to Rhema (a fresh ‘now Word’ from God), and causes one to miss out on the present day move of God and the unveiling of future plans. (Jeremiah 29:11)  Let s/he that hath ears, hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. (Revelation 2:7)

During the course of my personal walk with God, I have observed that The Creator has ingenuously imbedded spiritual truth within nature.  Allow me to offer an example.  Sir Isaac Newton’s first law of motion informs us that an object at rest tends to stay at rest, while an object in motion tends to stay in motion.  [Gee, and I thought I would never use those physics classes in real life]!  This law is often referred to as the law of inertia or the law of momentum.  It explains why it might be difficult ‘starting something’ and why it seems relatively easier to ‘keep it going’ once it is started.  Think about it.

As a student of church history, it is clear to me that it is challenging for us to ‘start’ moving in the direction of God’s perfect will if we become acclimated to the status quo and (once moving) it is just as difficult to change our course should The Divine Navigator decree new compass settings.  For example, every major denomination in the history of the Christian Church seemed to start off on ‘the good foot.’  Typically, crystal clear vision was present, i.e. a sharp discernment of God’s will and way, along with profound dedication to living under the sovereignty of God.  But typically, by the third or fourth generation of adherents, there is a pattern of shifting and a drifting from the plan and purpose of God.  This is not due to God’s silence.  God always speaks to us, whether we are listening or not.  But all too often we turn deaf ears to His voice (to His Word) since we have become acclimated and comfortable with our own word, will and way.

Historically, God chooses human agents to give voice to revelation and redirection.  It reminds me of an old movie entitled “Field of Dreams.”  It’s not a perfect parallel since I am not an avid proponent of ghosts and such, as portrayed in the screenplay.  Albeit, Kevin Costner plays the main character who loves baseball with all his heart and desperately wants to experience in rural America what was solely available to urban areas: to watch live professional baseball games.  But there is no baseball diamond, no field of dreams on which any baseball game could ever be played.  While contemplating the unlikely possibility for changing this rural circumstance, an otherworldly voice whispers to him: “If you build it…they will come.”

I find myself wondering if anyone reading this devotional has heard the inner voice of the Holy Spirit speaking to you in a similar way: “IF YOU BUILD IT…THEY WILL COME.”  How did He speak uniquely and clearly in your situation, causing you, unquestionably, to hear Him?  And how have you since responded?   Was it a response calibrated by fear or characterized by faith?

Sisters and brothers, be continually blessed, and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO MEET OUR SOON COMING KING.  Maranatha!  Stay tuned…more to come tomorrow.