IF YOU CAN SEE IT...YOU CAN BE IT! - Part III

IF YOU CAN SEE IT…YOU CAN BE IT! - Part III

Our current life-situations neither define our present, nor predict our future.  Not now; not ever.  However, for ultimate success, we must diligently activate tenacious faith – faith that absolutely will not let go of God’s promises – faith that steadfastly refuses to surrender to doubt, fear, or sensory perceptions, no matter what comes and no matter who goes.  This is the God-kind-of-faith that (for every believer) is tantamount to sustaining CONFIDENCE in God’s Word.  Bottom-line: CHRIST’S WORD NEVER FAILS! (Matthew 24:35 - I Peter 1:23 – Colossians 3:16)  The Apostle Paul concisely captures our prerequisites for success:

Hebrews 10:35-36 (NKJV)

35 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. 

36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:

Others around you may perish due to a lack of knowledge or clear vision. (Hosea 4:6 and Proverbs 29:18)  But YOU are a true believer, a world system survivor and a bona fide achiever.  YOU have learned how to activate the Logos, the Living Word of God seeded inside you, on a daily basis.  So at all costs, you must not be tempted to worry or stress if someone nearby cannot SEE what you have seen through the eyes of faith.  Just stay focused, with full assurance that Christ-in-you, “the hope of glory,” will bring to pass every single thing that He has promised.  GOD cannot and will not fail! (Colossians 1:27 and Philippians 1:6)  Jesus Christ declared “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.” (Matthew 24:35)  Sisters and brothers, IF YOU CAN SEE IT…YOU CAN BE IT!

Some years ago, an unforgettable horse named Sunday Silence graced The Kentucky Derby.  This horse was doubly amazing because all odds were against him and he should never have made it into the elite ranks of The Derby.  As a young colt, he developed an advanced case of colic, typically a career-ender for race horses.  Additionally, he was involved in a near fatal accident when his trailer driver had a heart attack on a busy highway.  As a result, nobody believed in or wanted to purchase Sunday Silence.  As far as they were concerned, his future was a dead-end street.

Nevertheless, after two unsuccessful auctions, a visionary thoroughbred horse trainer named Charles Whittingham bought Sunday Silence, sight unseen.  He reasoned that if this horse had survived all of that trouble, he must be very tough and determined.  Incidentally, Mr. Whittingham was 76 years old when he conceived this idea, so you are never too old to pursue your dream!  The owners of the million-dollar horses mocked and laughed at him.  Even his jockey, a man named Pat Valenzuela, had major issues, having recently been rehabilitated from drug abuse.  Most people would not have bet one dollar on that crazy trio: a damaged horse, an addicted rider and an old foolish trainer.  But Charlie and Pat had great faith in Sunday Silence, so they labored quietly and untiringly to get him ready for The Kentucky Derby.

Something quite miraculous happened on Derby day.  At the starting gate, Sunday Silence looked utterly confused.  He wobbled back and forth at the gate and could not manage to run in a straight line once the race started.  But all of a sudden, it looked like Sunday Silence woke up and realized ‘I’m in a race, and I want to win!’  He straightened up and streaked down the track like a bolt of lightning.  On that day, history was made by a team of three unlikely champions who had been counted out long before the starting gun.  To everyone’s surprise, Sunday Silence won the Kentucky Derby because he was unconditionally loved and supported; and, because he had sufficient heart to recognize, ‘I’m in it to win it!’

Undoubtedly, the owner/trainer, Charles Whittingham, possessed tremendous VISION.  Dictionary.com defines vision as “the act or power of anticipating that which will or may come to be.”  VISION emerges from (and is the product of) FAITH.  And “faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1)  The scriptures advise us that faith comes by hearing…and hearing by the Word of God. (Romans 10:17)  Carefully consider.  What have you ‘SEEN’ (in your past) that positioned you to become discouraged, deactivated or discarded, based solely on the attitudes or actions of others?  Most importantly, what are you seeing now?  This is your Rhema Word for today: Go back and reclaim your VISION.  Reclaim your PROMISE!  Reclaim your POWER!  Reclaim your ANOINTING!  Reclaim your DREAM!  IT’S YOURS…and though it might have been delayed, it shall not be denied.  It is your GOD-GIVEN HERITAGE, and it WILL come to pass!  Prayerfully consider these powerful Words from the Lord – and be encouraged to continue.

Habakkuk 2:2-3 (NKJV)

² Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it.
³ For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.  Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

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.