Rather
spending time re-capping the last two declarations (blogs) “Where Are You” and “How
Did You Get Here” I would like to encourage you to read them www.dailyflicker.blogspot.com or listen to them through the Declare Victory
App. Let’s jump right in.
My
question today is: Do You Plan To Stay? Stay where, you ask, where you are. First let’s consider your state of mind. Have
you given it (life) your best shot? Is
this it for you? Have you reached your
peak? Do you have any more to give or
gain? Do you have the capacity for
anything else, great or small? Are you
ready to throw in the towel and just live on cruise control and let life do,
what it do? Have you made your dreams a
reality or are you living in a Scary Movie hoping Edward Scissors hands would
cut you free? Have you accomplished your
goals, any of them, how about just one?
Or did you pack them away like an old scrap book which you refer to
every now and then when you walk down memory lane telling people how you used
to do this, that and the third.
The servant who
had been given five thousand coins brought them in with the five thousand that
he had earned. He said, “Sir, you gave me five thousand coins, and I have
earned five thousand more.” “Wonderful!”
his master replied. “You are a good and faithful servant. I left you in charge
of only a little, but now I will put you in charge of much more. Come and share
in my happiness!” Next, the servant who
had been given two thousand coins came in and said, “Sir, you gave me two
thousand coins, and I have earned two thousand more.” “Wonderful!” his master replied. “You are a
good and faithful servant. I left you in charge of only a little, but now I
will put you in charge of much more. Come and share in my happiness!” The servant who had been given one thousand
coins then came in and said, “Sir, I know that you are hard to get along with.
You harvest what you don’t plant and gather crops where you haven’t scattered
seed. I was frightened and went out and hid your money in the ground. Here is
every single coin!” The master of the
servant told him, “You are lazy and good-for-nothing! You know that I harvest
what I don’t plant and gather crops where I haven’t scattered seed. You could
have at least put my money in the bank, so that I could have earned interest on
it.” Then the master said, “Now your
money will be taken away and given to the servant with ten thousand coins! Everyone who has something will be given more,
and they will have more than enough. But everything will be taken from those
who don’t have anything. You are a
worthless servant, and you will be thrown out into the dark where people will
cry and grit their teeth in pain.”
Matthew 25:20-30 (CEV) When
it is time for you to give account of your life before God which of the two
responses above do you think he will give? Selah (12 seconds)
Do
you plan to stay? Where? In that relationship. Your spouse loves you, has put up with you
and your crazy family for far too long but now s/he is at their breaking point because
of your bitterness, selfishness and immaturity and your constant nagging and
complaining has become almost unbearable but your jealousy and suspicion of
your spouse is a dead giveaway that you are the one with adultery tendencies or
even worse you actually cheated and you are transferring your guilt on your
spouse. Selah (5 seconds). Do you plan to stay with that person you call
your fiancé knowing full well that they aren’t really in to you, they tolerate,
belittle and disrespect you in private and publicly. Nothing you do is ever
right in their site, they badger you about having sex even though they know
your commitment to celibacy and you’re actually torn between what you should do
because you don’t want to lose the nightmare, I’m sorry, the dream of your
life. Your friends, neighbors, preacher,
teacher and momma ‘nem don’t like your fiancé, shoot, the dog doesn’t even like
your fiancé. You had the audacity to
unfriend the one friend that was brave enough to call you on your stupidity, I’m
sorry, your “Word” you received from the Lord.
You were running the race so well.
You
ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? This persuasion does not
come from Him who calls you.
Galatians 5:7-8 (NKJV) The NLT says: Who
has held you back from following the truth? It certainly isn’t God, for he is
the one who called you to freedom. Selah (12 seconds)
Do
You Plan to Stay? Where? Away from the ministry that helped to bring
you out. Are you going to allow someone’s
ignorance, jealousy and/or envy keep you away from the place you were called to
serve? Are you really going to get off
the committees, boards and/or auxiliaries you have served on faithfully because
of the insecurities and complex issues your immature offender has? Are you going to let those spirits in those
people run you off? Or is it time to go
so you can pursue the purpose God has specifically for you?
I press on to
reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through
Christ Jesus, is calling us. Philippians
3:14 (NLT). The CEV says: I run toward
the goal, so that I can win the prize of being called to heaven. This is the
prize that God offers because of what Christ Jesus has done.
Press
is defined as follows: to act upon
with steadily applied weight or force. To
move by weight or force in a certain direction or into a certain position; To
compress or squeeze, as to alter in shape or size;
Run
is defined as follows: to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly
than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or
both feet are off the ground. To move
with haste; act quickly; To depart quickly; take to flight; flee or escape; To
have recourse for aid, support, comfort, etc.; To make a quick trip or informal
visit for a short stay at a place; To go around, rove, or ramble without restraint; To move, roll, or progress from momentum or from
being hurled, kicked, or otherwise propelled.
It’s
rather difficult to walk let alone run towards a goal if you don’t know where
it is. If you were an immature child
with lots of energy I would imagine you would get a kick out of running around
with nowhere to go, but if you’re in your teens or older, especially older: 1) from
a physical standpoint you probably wouldn’t last more than 30 minutes running
around aimlessly with no direction or 2) if by some slim chance you agreed to
participate in the buffoonery of running aimlessly towards something you cannot
identify would create so much anxiety you would quit or adjust yourself for a
life full of aimless frustration.
Ironically that’s how many of us live our lives running aimless towards
nothing because you have identified nothing.
I’m out of time, we’ll pick it up
tomorrow.
In His New and Excellent Service
Tania
Not Tanya
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