While walking down the street recently I passed two parked cars, one behind
the other, with bumper stickers which read as follows:
The first car: "WHERE IS THE
PERSON YOU WANTED TO BE?"
The next car: "MAKE IT HAPPEN"
This is a timely message for many of God's workers. Many people either:
• Have not fulfilled their heart's desires in their life's calling
(including ministry desires); or,
• Are not enjoying their work (including ministry).
Whenever asked about the secret of his success, real estate developer and
billionaire, Donald Trump, always answers, "Do what you enjoy!"
It's true. We must be excited about our work . . . especially Christians and
those in God's work.
I am writing this newsletter to both CHALLENGE you and HELP you:
1. Enjoy your work; and,
2. Do what you want to.
Be the person you always wanted to be . . . make it happen!
King Solomon said, "There is nothing better for a man, than that he
should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul [enjoy] good in his
labor. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God." [Ecclesiastes
2:24]
Many people are "stale" and not on the cutting edge because they do
NOT enjoy their work. They love God but are lacking the anointing to be a
"new sharp threshing instrument." [Isaiah 41:15]
If this describes you, I have some good news for you. If you will do what I
teach you in this writing, things will begin to change. Do some fasting, get alone, and
seek God. Then, in the Spirit, tear down the walls that are limiting you. Take
your authority; BELIEVE GOD for the things you once desired! Get back on
track. Don't give up, and don't take LESS than the best!
Remember, if you don't quit, you'll win ... but if you quit, you can't win!
There was a movie several years ago titled "Stuck On You" which
starred Matt Damon and
Cher
. It was about two brothers who were Siamese twins. Finally, the brothers
realized they needed to be separated (physically) in order to do what each
brother wanted to fulfill in his lifetime. They reached this decision when one
brother asked the other, "What is that thing you want to do MOST in the
world?" And then he challenged his brother with this admonition:
"You have to do it!"
Let me recommend eight (8) steps to take in order to help get you out of your
"desensitized spirituality" and into the vortex of God's anointing:
[1] As much as possible, stop all
activity for a while, even ministry.
[2] Get "loose," relax, and
enjoy God.
NOTE: Many times the enemy will try to get you to start a new ministry or
particular outreach right away (while you're relaxing in the time of rest).
That would be like shooting yourself in the foot while you're walking to the
hospital. If God has given you NEW ideas or directives, take skeletal notes
(or even copious notes if you feel the necessity). Then store the notes for
the future time of implementing the project(s). You will find that, as you're
relaxing in the sunshine of God's love, an abundance of ideas will come to
you.
[3] Take time to dream.
Albert Einstein, perhaps the greatest mathematician and physicist of the last
century, had two (2) major assets:
• A childlike questioning character (like a four or five-year-old); and,
• An intellectual capacity to think beyond.
How long has it been since you've asked your Heavenly Father some childlike
questions about:
• What can you do to reach every nation and tribe for Christ?
• What is the KEY thing you can do that will impact nations the most?
• What are new ways to market the Good News?
• What are some secrets of the universe that nobody knows?
• What do you like about me the most?
How long has it been since you:
• Discarded all your ideas about how to minister?
• Researched new trends and cultural evolutionary movements?
• Asked a lost person how they would reach the world for Christ?
• Studied the ants?
• Studied seeds, climatology and weather patterns?
[4] Know who you are. Read through the
epistles; learn once again WHO you are in Christ and WHAT you have in Christ.
• You have to come to the place, once again, where you KNOW the calling and
destiny that has been designed for you before the foundation of the world.
• True holiness, and also true Biblical prosperity, is to KNOW that you're
working "hand-in-hand" with God to shake nations for Christ.
[5] Meditate.
• Find the scriptures (rhema) that speak to you concerning your calling and
destiny and dwell on them. Speak them to yourself.
• See yourself doing the things involved with your calling and destiny.
Image them upon the screen of your mind. See the places and the activities and
then THANK God for their fulfillment. Receive them by faith.
• Speak,
• See,
• Thank,
• Receive.
[6] Change your environment (and maybe
your friends).
• This is why God sent his servants into different areas, sometimes as a
result of hard-times. It's a lot easier if you do it for yourself, with the
leading of the Holy Spirit.
• Imitational faith, the copying of ministry styles used by others, results
in not only lack of creativity, but also "inbreeding" in the Body of
Christ.
• Be yourself . . . be original! Don't be afraid to be different. Study the
lifestyles of God's servants through the centuries: in the Bible, and
throughout Christian church history. Study Apostle Handley's book: Militant
Church History, Copyright 1998 Handley World Services.
[7] Re-evaluate your goals.
• Which ones have been accomplished?
• Are there any goals that you feel you should scrap for now, or
permanently?
• Which ones are not accomplished yet? Ask yourself:
• Why are they not accomplished?
• Where are you in your time line, or schedule, for their fulfillment?
• What action will you take to implement them in a timely fashion?
• Are there any new goals or projects God wants you to undertake?
• If so, do they fit into the general scheme of your other goals?
• Are they completely separate from your other goals?
[8] Make your plans fit into God's
plans.
The GREATEST ADVICE I can give you concerning your plans is as follows:
IF YOUR PLANS FIT INTO GOD'S PLANS . . .
YOU WILL HAVE GOD'S FAITH . . .
AND GOD'S FAITH ALWAYS WORKS!
Cry out to God and tell Him you want to be used greatly by Him ... that you
don't want to come home to Heaven until you've fulfilled, with excellence,
your calling and your destiny.
And remember the words of King Solomon: "He that fears God will come
forth of them all."
