Get Ready!

Aloha precious readers and friends,

“Stay alert. This is hazardous work I’m assigning you. You’re going to be like sheep running through a wolf pack, so don’t call attention to yourselves. Be as cunning as a snake, inoffensive as a dove.” (Matthew 10:16 The Message)

We are nearing that time that the Lord is sending you out again into the world representing him and whilst you are there  a lot of changes, adjustments would be taking place in your life and you need to be ready to take on the task ahead of you, applying the wisdom of God and at the sametime live a stress free life.

Some of you are going off  to University, some of you going to the next year group in secondary or high school, some of you going off to college whichever category you fall into, you need to understand that no institution can make you into anything.  You are already whatever you are going to become in this world.  So going back to school and to your new level of achievement is another opportunity to sharpen your talents and skills.  

Education is part of the preparation period of development into your future.  God has placed a little part of Himself in you and He would call on you at the right time to represent Him in the field that He has planted you into- which means whatever you are studying to become or aspiring to become; doctor, lawyer, engineer, computer scientist, pastoral work, name it; God is going to demand the use of your skill someday.

So it is not playtime going back to school.  And for those of you who just graduated it is time now to exploit what you vested your time in developing and fine tuning.  Look for opportunities to put your fine skills to work if there is none, create one.  You will be surprised the ideas that the Lord will begin to upload in your mind when you decide to go to work. Going to work does not necessarily mean working for a corporation.  It simply means exchanging your knowledge for what it is worth.  Therefore, don’t limit yourself to waiting for another person, organisation to determine your worth, you can decide what you exchange your time and knowledge for.  You decide on an hourly basis what your time is worth and go for it.  Whether you decide to work for yourself or apply for a job, it is up to you.  What you don’t want to do is to fail to take a decision regarding what it is you want to do.  Everyday we wake up, we wake up to a world in motion with unlimited possibilities and you need to know what time it is for you.  

Tip of the day: Get yourself up through the excellency of Christ your model, His word your waymaker and  the Holy Spirit your enabler.  It's time for you to get ready to enforce new strategies into your life.

What you want to do is to start strong; soaring on higher heights and breaking your own record. Just like the eagle does after it has plucked out its old heavy wings and taken out the old claws that can’t hold its preys any longer and hitting its old blunt beak against a rock to break it, to make way for new sharper and a pointed one to grow in its place.  All this so it can rise, soaring to new greater  heights that it had never touched before.

“But those who wait upon God get fresh strength.

   They spread their wings and soar like eagles,

They run and don’t get tired,

   they walk and don’t lag behind.” (Isaiah 40:31 The Message)

Start off taking some me moments talking to God and spend time listening to what He is telling you.  It is a sign of maturity if you can get alone and think to initiate change in your life.  The reason why people fear change is the lack of preparation.  Therefore preparedness for change makes change a lot easier to accommodate and successful. Come on guys, I have good news for you, this precious word places you already in the spot of victory and I suggest, okay, hold on, I recommend it become your new language from today. Speak it until it becomes part of you.

“ I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”( Philippians 4:13 KJV)

Let’s break it down even further from The Message translation

“Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am.” (Philippians 4:13)

So, get ready!  Condition your mind to let go off the laziness in the last season that was making you submit your homework late or going to school late all the time... Make up your mind no one is going to wake you up in the morning.  It is your responsibility to go to bed early and wake up early. Having said that, start getting yourself into a routine a habit of waking up, spending time with God and getting your daily wisdom and direction for the day in His Presence.  Listen up, going into the presence of God is not an option.  As I have found out it makes all the difference to my day. Well, you could choose to do it or not but I promise you when you meet with Jesus in the morning before your day starts the light bulb in your mind is on the alert for the rest of the day. The Holy Spirit will constantly remind you of what you are suppose to be doing and what you are not supposed to be doing.  

For those in or going to Uni, you will need this for when the temptation to ditch lectures comes, or do you think angels will be attending your lectures and doing your course work for you?  That certainly isn't what soaring high like an eagle means.  Neither does it mean play Xbox all day all night when you have to revise.  No angel nor the Holy Spirit will do what you are suppose to do, for you.  It’s an all hands on deck affair.  So you just can’t fold your arms and expect bubble gum to rain from the sky.  That ain’t happening.  God has shown you what the end result looks like.  You have strength available to you, you will not lag behind in whatever it is that you have to do in the season for the rest of the year, God has already made you a success.  

Now here is what I recommend you do:

Sit down quietly and think; imagine what a typical day in the last season looked like for you and write down all the things that drew you back and then one by one pick them out and write down a new strategy- a strategy  that would ensure you always stay on top of everything you are doing:- from spending time in the presence of God to doing your homework/studies /chores include some me moment to reward yourself [Caution: Don’t over reward yourself, whatever that means, you know.]    

Let’s get moving to take our positions for the next season.  

R.