With A Purpose

You are my portion, O Lord; I have said that I would keep Your words. I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; be merciful to me according to Your word. I thought about my ways, and turned my feet to Your testimonies. I made haste, and did not delay to keep Your commandments. The cords of the wicked have bound me, but I have not forgotten Your law. At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You, because of Your righteous judgments. I am a companion of all who fear You, and of those who keep Your precepts. The earth, O Lord, is full of Your mercy; teach me Your statutes.

- Psalms 119:57-64, NKJV

Ever notice the importance of time; in particular its significance depending upon what side of the fence you find yourself on. Notice how when life presents opportunities in your favor or to your liking how you move out with a purpose…or in other words you move quickly/timely, laying aside excuses. Under these circumstances seemingly nothing and no one will deter you from obtaining what you seek…including the time associated with the time between being energized and actually executing it. Likewise the time associated with actually performing said task is almost irrelevant because it truly is to your advantage or your liking. However, given the opposite (i.e. when life presents opportunities that are seemingly not in your favor) you tend to move a wee bit slower as if without a purpose. Time becomes irrelevant when these set of circumstances present themselves as neither the events, nor the outcome are deemed worthy of your prompt time, nor your efforts. This, the latter, is exactly the frame of reference most Christians find themselves in these days…always wanting and seeking, but never being bothered/motivated enough to actually move with a purpose when it comes to the things of God. However, you must not be ensnared or entangled into the grips and deception that the enemy continues to lay down as he seeks to thwart you from accomplishing God’s will. Rather, you must move with a sense of purpose in order to conduct God’s business; furthermore, you must move with the same conviction as if the actions are your own ideas and thoughts. Such is the mindset of the Kingdom seekers that time is the most precious commodity that cannot be replenished; as a result, you must move in God’s direction believing that no obstacle, person, or excuse will hinder/thwart it from being done. Understand that because you are called with a purpose, you are also directed with a purpose, resulting in you moving out with a purpose. Today make haste when it comes to performing the will and actions of God…then watch how nothing and no one will deter you from obtaining what you seek.

BE BLESSED!