Get Ready!

I don’t know where you are at today, but I sense a timely cry in the spirit: Get Ready! God is about to visit. The Lord whom you seek is about to come into His temple (Malachi 3:1-2). But are you ready? Are you prepared to accommodate the next move of God in your life, family, and Church? Showers of blessings are about to be released on you. Are you ready?

24-Hour turn-round: 2 Kings 7: 1-20 tells of a wonderful 24-hour turn-around that the world had ever known. One day, Israel was so starved that women were killing their own babies for food. Yet, the next day, God sent in so much abundance that a bag of rice was selling for 10 cents, for instance. By this time tomorrow, God would have intervened marvelously in your case. Get ready!

Not By Power: Before you wonder how this could be, remember that God used lepers to bring about this 24-hour miracle. They were destitute, diseased and homeless, but God used them anyway. All they had to do was STEP OUT in faith (verses 3-8). God made the Syrians to hear the sound of a mighty army coming against them. God will magnify your strength! God will cause your adversaries to hear the sound of multitude of angels marching against them, and they will flee on their own accord.

Get Ready: Isaiah 54:1-3 tells us exactly how:

Enlarge the place of your tent: Enlarge the size of your dreams. Broaden your vision Increase your expectations. God wants to do more. You have outgrown ‘where’ you are no (2 Kings 6:1-2). Step out of the doubt and worry and limitation mode. Step right into the wide horizons of God’s love and grace.

Stretch your curtains: Stretch yourself to do more and become more. Take risk – intelligent risk – but risk any way. Those lepers took a risk, but it paid off at the end. Task yourself to become all that God is calling you to be. Sometimes, you may have to step out of your comfort zone in order to move to the next level.

Spare Not: For sure, it may not be easy, but don’t accept any excuses. Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer. Keep at it. Give it your best shot. Go all the way. Don’t stop trying. Don’t spare any effort to succeed, to become all that you are called to be.

Lengthen your cords: Take it even further. Go beyond the limit. Yes, that means you must excel. To ‘excel’ means to go beyond the limit; to do more than is required; to anticipate the needs before they arise and meet them. It was this habit of excellence that distinguished Daniel in Babylon. Excellence will make you outstanding.

Strengthen your stakes: Dig deep. Grow roots. Cover the basics. Don’t take anything for granted. Be sure you understand the principles. You have to grow your roots deep in God!