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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode: BE PREPARED AND VIGILANT

Life can turn on a dime. We do not know what will happen in the course of a day. One moment everything seems to be perfect. Little do you realize that you are a golf ball sitting up on a tee, and then you find yourself 300 yards down life’s road and wondering what just hit you. There is little we can do to prepare for some things that happen. But we should prepare for the things that are inevitable.

For example: Winter storms sometimes leave people without power. Many end up without heat when this happens. It pays to prepare and have an alternative source of heat in an emergency.

Prov 30:25-28  The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; 26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; 27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; 28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.

I have talked about the four creatures listed in Proverbs 30 a time or two before, each has special characteristics that mature Christian’s need to possess.

The ants prepare their food in the summer. Sort of like people used to can food from their garden. It is a lot of work to preserve food, but it is very nice to see the jars in the pantry. However, spiritually speaking we don’t preserve our spiritual food, but our spiritual food preserves us.

The conies are rabbit like creatures that build their houses in the rock. This protects them from predators. Spiritually speaking, if we put on the whole armor of God, only our back is exposed. So to have complete protection, we need to make sure to keep ourselves against the rock who is Christ Jesus. He will protect our vulnerable spots from our predator, the forever loser, satan.

The locust teach us to band together. It is good to have a group of people our church family that we can rely on when life gets tough. Only in unity can we be fully effective in the earth.

The spider takes hold with her hands. Sometimes we have to take hold of what we need to get us where we want to go. It is what comes out of the spider that gets them where they are going. We have to be determined to allow what is inside to come out of us. Show our faith, hope and determination to do what we need to do.

When I think about being prepared I think about the parable of the five wise and the five foolish virgins. All of them were good people. All of them had a lamp. But not all of them had oil. Our light will not shine without the anointing of the Holy Ghost. It is not enough to say I am a Christian. We have to shine our light into the darkness.

Before the bridegroom comes, we need to make sure that people are prepared and have oil in their vessels. There is room for everyone to grow and learn in the Lord.

How do we prepare for the things life throws at us. Start now by building a closer relationship to our Lord Jesus Christ. The closer we can back up into the rock the safer we will be, and the less things will catch us off guard. 

1 Pet. 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

This doesn’t say he will have the power to devour us. He is searching for someone who is weak and not prepared. If you are a child of God, the devil cannot devour you without your permission. So do not give him permission to cause havoc in your life by speaking negatively. If we keep our God Focus, he will only be allowed to go so far, before God stops him.

In the days in which we are living, it pays us to be vigilant and draw closer to God each and every day.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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