Are You Ready

Are you ready for what God has in store for your life? Honestly,you probably are not ready. Because if you were, you would probably already be there. For example, I know so many people who say, "I know God is calling me to do something....but I don't know what it is!" If you are one of those people, then you are soooo lucky because God is currently giving you the time to prepare now. What you have in front of you at the moment is a preparation period where God is getting you ready for the fullness of His plan. Are you getting ready? Or are you just standing around waiting and complaining to God that your waiting?

So how do you get ready?
#1. Stop worrying and start praising God for what he is going to do in your life...whether good or challenging. (See March's blog about waiting on God).
#2. Pray that God prepares you, your mind and your heart so that you can become ready as quickly as possible, and pray the same prayer for your family...since what affects you, affects your family.
#3. Ask for humility. Nothing will impede the process more than your own pride.
#4. Ask God to remove any other obstacles that are in your way that will keep His will from occuring in your life.

Finally, many times we think these 4 steps only apply to something grand that God is going to do, or something good, but many times bad things can happen to people, ie: the terrible earth quake in Haiti. We don't understand it, but God has allowed it to happen. But what if you were in that circumstance? Would you be ready? The four steps would be the same, but they would change just a bit.

#1 Stop worrying about what is to come and start praising God about how His grace will flow through your life during that difficult time.
#2. Start praying that God will prepare the mind and hearts of your and your family.
#3. Pray for courage and understanding.
#4. Ask God to remove any obstacles that will keep His healing from occuring in your life.

We all need to be ready for what lies ahead. Especially as Christians, we are called to stand out and apart from the rest of the world. We are called to be ready to live out his grand plan and to face the greatest of challenges with Faith.

Are you ready?