01 Dec No Time Better Than Now
Finding inspiration in a down economy with polarized media coverage and the fear thermometer heating up can be the greatest challenge of individuals in the coming year. Therefore, I will keep visiting the places where inspiration is found to provide a quick lift to those on the run.
The winter nights starting earlier and lasting longer can drag you into dormancy like the polar bears, but now is not the time to sleep! You need to be at the top of your game and sensitive to the opportunities that your Lord is bringing your way in every area. He has you on His mind, and through you He has a world He can help give the gift that keeps giving; the miraculous life that Jesus personally imparts when we yield to Him and say “Yes, Lord.”
In God’s mind, time is always the present. Yesterday is gone. All your victories and defeats are in the past. You can either hopefully learn from them, or negatively dwell on them, but God does not. He is interested in NOW.
He treated us as equals, and so made us equals. Through Him we both share the same Spirit and have equal access to the Father. That’s plain enough, isn’t it? You’re no longer wandering exiles. This kingdom of faith is now your home country. You’re no longer strangers or outsiders. You belong here, with as much right to the name ‘Christian’ as anyone. (Message Eph 2:8)
Possibly the greatest challenge of being a Christian is the sense of waiting to be a good one.
In reality, there is nothing you can do to improve on what God has done for you. Your challenge is in receiving life in this new world now; not putting it off until you feel worthy of it. Christ has made mankind worthy of a righteous relationship with God. Now is the best time to accept that fact and start talking to Him. He is near you. Travel light without the old baggage of yesterday, so you can stay fresh and happy in conversation with Him.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1)
Now the impossible is able to be done as you accept the unseen as real to yourself. Lift up your head and take a deep breath of the air in the unseen realm of the Spirit. You will breathe in faith and expel doubt, fears, and insecurities as you fill your lungs and heart with what you see.
Happy Holidays, Kevin