“So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is,” Ephesians5:17

This 2021 has indeed been swifter than swift, flashing by at the speed of lightening or so it seems when we look at the fact of now it is August! We have this window of time to live on this side of eternity. You blink and its gone, & we must add, this is not a dress rehearsal. Considering all of this, we have been sensing THE URGENCY. We strongly have pondered discerning the opportunities that present themselves to us, seizing those opportunities that come our way that HE desires, & stewarding those opportunities with a hearts passion to bring Glory to Jesus. We could look at interruptions and added situations to our lives as interferences. We could get all overwhelmed, go negative, murmur, complain, & even choose to check out, pass the buck, & not participate. We also have the privilege of looking at these interruptions & the added situations that appear suddenly as opportunities to HALLOW HIS NAME & be conformed more to HIS image. Everyday opportunities will present themselves while we are going about our already mapped out, and seemingly full routines of life. We will not see the opportunities, before us, that will have Eternal impact, if we are not being led by Holy Spirit & truly desire to fulfill our Destiny for The Lord Jesus. While thinking about this message, the urgency of time, & then the interruptions of life along our journey, We must look to The Life of Jesus. HE is our Model, if We are indeed truly Followers of Jesus. HE gave us such a blueprint to follow through THE WORD OF GOD. HIS ACTIONS are on display as HE was so fixed upon HIS MAJOR IMPERATIVE at hand. HE never murmured and complained when people or situations suddenly presented themselves along HIS Path to getting to The Cross. HE knew which to pause for & which to participate in because HE only did what THE Father said. HE never was overwhelmed with the suddenly. HE knew when to answer an individual and when to not open HIS mouth. JESUS indeed stewarded HIS life carefully and with great excellence. You may be thinking … Yes, and HE IS JESUS, I am not… but yet JESUS laid aside HIS Deity to become one of us and being fully dependent on Holy Spirit. Peter tells us in Second Peter chapter 1 that we have HIS Divine Nature within us if we have truly been born again of HIS SPIRIT. We love to read the Gospels and study HIS life and how HE responded, Oh what an example. HE knew which opportunities HE was to participate in. HE was never flustered by time, but yet was so precisely on time, getting to The Cross and drawing HIS last breath at the exact time the spotless lambs were presented in The Temple by The Priest for the sins of humanity. HE could not be late in drawing HIS last breath and dying on THE CROSS for us, for HE would become our Spotless Lamb for the remission of our sins once and for all. HE did not miss the significance and the weightiness of the time factor nor the added interruptions of opportunities that happened along HIS way. HE was perfectly poised & full of wisdom for every situation. HE is the most selfless individual we will ever know. HE gave HIS life for us & endured extreme agony & pain in doing so. We cannot even comprehend the brutality that HE suffered so we may have life and join HIM on this amazing journey for all of Eternity. After truly experiencing HIM & responding to HIM with gratitude, repentance, & a lifestyle, (not a onetime event) then everyday meetings with HIM through prayer & study of HIS WORD, gives us a vivid knowing that our lives belong to HIM, & not our own. We should consult HIM at the beginning of the day, inquiring of HIM along the way, & leaning unto HIM for wisdom & discernment as we cooperate with Him in our sanctification process along the travel toward seeing HIS FACE. Ephesians 5 :15-19 TPT states, “So be very careful how you live, not being like those with no understanding, but live honorably with true wisdom, for we are living in evil times. Take full advantage of every day as you spend your life for HIS purposes. Do not live foolishly for then you will have discernment to fully understand God’s will. Do not get drunk with wine, which is rebellion, instead be filled continually with The Holy Spirit. And your hearts will overflow with a joyful song to The Lord. Keep speaking to each other with words of Scripture, singing The Psalms with Praises & spontaneous songs given by The Spirit! Always give thanks to Father God for every person HE brings into your life in The Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ.” There will indeed be interruptions along our days, so it is wise to ask HIM how to navigate the abrupt that are thrust in our path. It maybe we are to participate, and maybe not… Yet we will have no knowing unless an inquiry is made, and we have purposed in our hearts to be led by HIS SPIRIT for HIS Glory. We find when we do not know what to do in a given situation, we pause… we pray… we do not advance until HE directs us. Living a life of utter dependence upon HIM not just for our personal needs to be met, but so much more….Living our lives truly desiring to please HIM, being conformed to HIS image, & being impactful as carriers of HIS Glory in a dark world. Sometimes those sudden circumstances and people are allowed by HIM to help us to see HIS heart more clearly & yes to nurture HIS Fruit of HIS Spirit within us. We can react impulsively & out of emotion, or we can stop, ask to, & allow HIM to instruct us. It can be a fine line in our responses. Sometimes our emotions can lead us astray & if not careful we can be the stumbling block for someone else in their spiritual maturation. Then again, sometimes we may be the answer God desires to use that will make an eternal impact. We do not know unless we inquire & desire to be so precisely in plumb with HIM. The beauty of all of this is our relationship with HIM. Oh that We, The Body of Christ ask for discernment, wisdom, & the Multiplied Grace to steward every situation & circumstance that presents itself along our path like never before.