MOMENTUM
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) Therefore, 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 on 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 cozy and
familiar.
To wit, GOD OFTEN CALLS
US OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONES. God never changes; however, His
seasons for us actually do change. Whenever God’s clarion call is
trumpeted and a clear command ensues to ‘move the camp,’ those who are trapped
by either ‘failures’ or ‘familiars’ might 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 us to miss out on the present day move of God or 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 you thought you 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 have become acclimated to the
status quo and (once we are 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 an historical pattern of
shifting and 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 divine
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 His message? And since then, how have you responded?
Was your response calibrated by fear, or characterized by faith? When faith prevails, forward momentum will be
a sustained reality, despite any appearances to the contrary. Think.
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