At the beginning of every year, we set goals and new year resolutions for that year. What we want to achieve and where we want to be in the next 12 months! Well, usually those are written and stacked away until we have to write another list for the next year, Or at least that's what I do.
How many of us reflect on the list reviewing it as the year goes if we have really achieved or if we are going according to the list? Not all of us, I am in that category.
In my time with Prophet Justice Hara and Ambassadors for Christ Ministries, I have learnt that you should never take God for granted.His Mercies are always new everyday and therefore you should never take yourself for granted because his mercies are in you!
Everyday you can do something new in your life. You can gain something new in your life, because his mercies are ever flowing!
2014 was the year of sufficient Grace; Grace walks together with Faith! Faith is a substance of things hoped for that are unseen! In this case, seeing is not believing! Well, I walked in that Grace blindly, its now that when I look back and reflect that I realise that Grace is indeed powerful.
If in 2013 you did not achieve everything that you were supposed to achieve, (The year of the best of me coming out) and you did not achieve anything in 2014, in this year of the Spirit and Greater Glory;2015 You will see the hand of the Lord upon you.
If we do not do stock taking, we will miss out on the sufficient grace. Ask God where you went wrong in the past year or months as we are 8 months into the year! If you did not achieve what you wanted to achieve, this is your time. Achieve something before the year ends.
The reason we plan ahead is because when the time comes,we are ready! We pray for the future, not for now because when the time comes, we do not have time to pray. We plan ahead because when the situation comes we know what to do. Check what you promised God in the years past, If you didn't fulfill it, correct it!
The sign post that says "Blantyre 305KM" has never been to Blantyre. But the information on the post is correct! A taxi driver on the other hand, Knows all the corners of Blantyre!
Let us all be taxi drivers, not sign posts! Taxi drivers know where they are going and how to get there, sign posts do not.
Remember, when you are giving advice, ask yourself what you have benefited from the advice that you have given. When your friends are benefiting from your advice and you are on the same level, do stock taking, check yourself.
In Luke 9, there is a story of Dorcas, a woman that was remembered for her good deeds towards others when she died.
What have you done that you will be remembered for in the kingdom of God? Let your works speak for you! Most of us waste time back biting instead of taking a step! and at the end of the day we are victims of our own prayers!!
Talk is Cheap...Do something Now!!
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