Month: February 2017

“Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin.  Beginning makes the conditions perfect.” — Alan Cohen

Have you ever felt stuck?  Trapped?  Not in a bad place, just not in the right place?

I have.

Know this:  We will never go anywhere if we don’t start.

Change is difficult, even when we know it is right.

It is very difficult to find the “right time” to make a change.  You are confident change needs to happen.  You know you need to do it.  Still, finding that moment to make the shift is intimidating.

Timing.

Delaying brings frustration to us as well as to those around us. When we delay, we know we are in the wrong place, our fervor is stifled, and those around us feel that tension and hindrance, as well.  The surrounding circumstances are not going to come into perfect sequence in order for us to make the transition.  So delaying is not the answer.

We don’t know the whole of what awaits on the other side.  True. Yet, when we take action and move on what we know is right, we cause the circumstances to change and stoke the fires of the passion that drives us.

This is cause and effect.  There are two choices:  1) Delay and experience lack of fulfillment.  2) Act on what you know is true, move toward the dream and vision for your life, and meet the destiny God has purposed for you.

I had to take that first ENORMOUS step into the intense depths of the unknown about a year ago and I have not looked back.  God was calling me into something new.  It was HUGE!  I was intimidated. God knew what platform He had planned for me.  My place was reserved.  I just needed to go take it.  I did.

So let me encourage you, in the theater of God’s Kingdom, to step out in faith, into the darkness, past the footlights, and watch God put the spotlight on the path you are to follow.

Trust in the Lord, and do good;
Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
Delight yourself also in the Lord,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass.                                                          (Psalm 37:3-6)

TRUST in the Lord.  DWELL in His presence.  LISTEN to His voice.  MOVE in the direction of His voice.  WALK where He leads.  KNOW peace.  FIND true success.

One of my cousins sends a verse to me every morning via text as a reminder of God’s goodness and grace toward us.  A while back, he sent this one:

“Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that He has promised.”  Hebrews 10:36

I like the verse because it talks of being dedicated to doing what God calls us to do and being what God calls us to be.  It tells us that when we follow God’s will, we reap the rewards of ALL He has promised.

Interestingly, this verse arrived when my Word for the Day was DEDICATION.  As I considered my own dedication and where it is applied, another scripture came to my mind.

“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.   Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it.  But one thing I do:  Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” (Phil 3:12-14)

The day’s theme appeared to be that in order to attain what we are striving for we need to keep the goal in mind, move forward toward what God has called us to do, and walk with perseverance and patient endurance along the way.

Although there may be an occasional roadblock, as we practice keeping our focus and continue moving forward we will find prosperity of all kinds.  Even greater than that of business and financial prosperity, we will experience success in personal transformation in the Lord.  When we persevere in the Lord, we find

Success is waiting for our arrival!

Step out.

Persevere.

Move forward in the Lord.

Find success.