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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.

If you missed this weekend at TheChurch on Strayer 11.28.11

…Stepping Through

Finishing well doesn’t happen by accident.  It takes effort.  It takes courage and perseverance.

In life, many have a good beginning; few have a good ending.

What ultimately matters is taking action to step through whatever challenges, obstacles, hindrances that get placed in our path of life.

Your success in life is determined more by what you finish than by what you start.  Ability has more to do with finishing than it does with attempting.

God is the original finisher.  He always finishes what He starts – not necessarily what we start.

Commitment is only experienced when you step through your circumstance, your trial, your difficulty.

Paul gives us a three-fold formula for success in stepping through our challenges and finishing strong.

          I have fought a good fight – Discipline.

          I have finished the race – Direction.

          I have kept the faith – Determination.

I Corinthians 9:25 in the Living Bible says – To win the contest you must deny yourselves many things that would keep you from doing your best.

Sometimes you must fight with yourself in order to accomplish it. To step through, you must keep fighting. To step through, you must keep running.

Even when you are weak, keep running.

It is not how you start or how fast you run, how high you climb – it is whether or not you keep the faith and finish strong.