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The Power of Focus

I would challenge you to read Genesis 11, when the people were coming together around the Tower of Babel. 

They were going to build this huge tower into the heavens and they said “let’s make a name for ourselves.  We will have the people of the world come and look at us as the greatest people on the earth.  We’ll build this huge, huge tower called the Tower of Babel.”

The Lord God looked down at them from heaven and this is what He said: “They have one mind.  They have one purpose.  They’ve all set themselves to do this one thing.  If I do not go down and stop this, there is nothing they put their minds to, that they will not be able to accomplish.”

In the very beginning of the Bible, God Almighty is sending a message to us.  You can accomplish anything you want to do, if you can get yourself totally focused.  If you can get yourself totally focused and you can gather a team around you that is like-minded and thus totally focused, there is no limit to what you can do as a group, as a church, as a ministry, and as a people.

Are You Ready for Your Kingdom Moment?

Have you ever earnestly longed for, prayed for, believed for something so fervently that every fiber of your being waited in anticipation for it to happen, and then, suddenly – it happened – and things began moving so fast you could hardly keep up?

All those long years of waiting, praying, believing and then it happens!  Your time, your day, your hour has finally arrived.

Then as the reality sets in and you are staring in the face this huge open door of opportunity, the questions flood your mind.  Am I ready for this?  Can I handle this kind of responsibility? Am I spiritually mature enough to deal with all that goes with this kind of position?

Of course, God-opportunities never come to us unless He believes we are ready.

If you wait until you think you’re “ready enough” for your “kingdom moment” you will most likely not accomplish anything great for Christ because you’ll probably never really “feel” like you are ready.

After all you are not the best judge of your “kingdom readiness” – He is.

1 Corinthians 4:3:  Paul says, “I do not judge mine own self.”

We should judge ourselves in matters of discipline, but never judge ourselves “ready” or “not ready” for a great kingdom assignment.  If you let your emotions dictate your “readiness,” you will probably never achieve anything worthwhile in life.

Most likely, you won’t feel good enough, prepared enough, or mature enough to handle a great new assignment.  But when God thinks you are ready for a tremendous new leap of faith, He will provide the grace, power and miracles to make you ready.  He will mature you and equip you for the task.

One thing is sure – You are more than you have become and you can accomplish more than you have accomplished. 

God is a master at taking insignificant lives and making them significant.  When He calls us to do something, He also equips, provides, sustains, and empowers us to do more than we think or even imagine we can do.

God is always calling us to push beyond the limits of our lives into bigger and broader dreams and adventures.  You and I stand in the midst of a “kingdom moment” that will touch and change lives the world over.