Your Time Is Now

God is methodical and strategic. He doesn't just hap hazardously do anything. When studying the Bible, one must pay close attention to the number sequencing of his methods. This is not to say to worship numbers, order and sequence but to know and understand that God has precise timing and an ordering system.

With this knowledge, we can move forth from the misnomer that we are just living day-to-day on our own time. We have plans and goals and these are great tools to make better use of your time. Nevertheless, we have to realize that every moment we live is precious. It is a gift from God and we have to be good stewards of ALL that God gives us.

Sometimes when we pray and cry out to God for deliverance, provision, clarity and etc...we most often times don't see the instantaneous manifestations of his answers. Yet, trust and believe, he has heard your cries, pleas and supplications. He answered you before you even asked, just like he architected the plan for salvation through Christ before the foundations of the Earth were created, yes before we sinned. When he created us and he knew us even in our mothers' wombs. He knew our personalities, temperaments, abilities, and talents before a piece of paper stamped our birth date.

We have to develop a sensitivity to God's prompting and to know when he has manifested the answers to our prayers. We ask for a lot, yet and still, at times, we aren't aware when he has answered. Perhaps, we don't quite like his answer because it goes against the grain in us, it exposes us and shows where we need some tweaking, or the timing is in conflict with our plans or what we have going on. God's blessings are fail-proof. If God is guiding you into a certain direction, then believe that he also has provision awaiting you there. Sometimes we hinder the manifestations of the fulfillment of our answered prayers by:

1. Being Disobedient to The Word of God- God has standards and procedures and they are expressed in His Word. When we go against them, we won't be necessarily denied because God is faithful and just to forgive IF we repent, but things can be delayed.

2. Being Full of Fear- Fear immobilizes because it's weighed down by caveats of uncertainty, conjecture, presumptions of failure or things not working out for your good.

3. Holding Past Baggage-Sometimes we have wounds that haven't healed from our pasts. God is a healer. He requires for us to be whole, but we are going to have to drop any emotional, mental or behavioral baggage from the past. When wounds have healed they often leave scars. Scars are great icebreakers for you sharing your testimony of how you survived and grew. Nonetheless, active or dormant wounds mean that there is still pain there. It needs to be fully exposed so you can heal, yet we can't heal alone. We must put ourselves in environments and situations in which we allow the healing process to take place.

4. Not Prepared to Receive-We pray to God because we innately believe that he will hear us and answer us. However as time goes on , we get complacent in our day-to-day existence and sometimes forget that we have to do ALL we can do. We have to prepare ourselves. To some this might be working on finances, going back to school, relocating, rearranging priorities, redefining relationships, fine tuning your spiritual man and etc...It's important to be prepared because "what if" God's manifestations to your prayers appear tomorrow, will you be ready to receive them it to their fullest or will things be out of order? If it is the latter, that will cause strain and delay you from fully whole-heartedly enjoying your answered prayers.

5. Responding Carnally to Spiritual Attacks- Anything that is of God and according to His purpose is going to have some kind of internal or external challenges. Nonetheless, watch where or who you run to when problems arise. We have to kill bad thoughts, behavior and habits. We have to watch how we respond and be prepared to make adjustments within ourselves.

6. Not Willing to Sacrifice- We have to be able to sacrifice that which cost us something. This may manifest in our possessions, relationships, money, activities or etc...This is going to hurt but the reward is going to be greater than the pain.

Once we have identified what our painpoints are...then correct them NOW! Not a year from now, months from now, but right NOW. The more we continuously sow towards a thing, the more we will reap the harvest thereof. This applies for both good and bad things. I consider myself a "good" planner and sometimes I plan myself through transitions as far as a year or two out from something actually occurring BUT when God's spirit quickens me, I have learned to move.

To some your good and perfect gifts are there waiting to be manifested and to others they have manifested. You have your plan and your timing and God has his. Even within our best attempt, we cannot outdo God when it comes to orchestrating that which would empower and prosper our lives. We cannot allow ourselves to be worldly, moving back and forth in our emotions...we have to stand on God's Word and the revelation knowledge he has given us about himself, how he operates and what he has for us.

It's not a question of "if" God answered your prayers...it's a question of "when" are you going to embrace his answers! Do it now!