God Is Moving In The Now

If you’ve ever played a sport, you know one of the biggest challenges you face is getting stuck in your head. Being worried about how many more points need to be scored, or that bad play you had a couple of minutes ago. Maybe it’s the score the other team got that they shouldn’t have…it’s easy to become so distracted about the past mistakes or future goals, that you forget to be in the game and make the next move, play, or point happen. We can become so caught up in those moments that when it’s time do something in your present place, you can’t or you’re not able to do it to the best of your abilities. Distraction is often times satan’s most used weapon, at least for me it is. I get distracted by the prayers that weren’t answered the way I expected and miss the miracle of how others were. I get distracted by the things to do and finish, looking in the future and missing opportunities in the present. Something I have had to ask myself is, “what is Satan using as a distraction to me now?” Is it my worry, doubts, errands, control, disappointment, desires…? What is it for you? As you are reading this I challenge you, is there anything you have allowed yourself to be distracted away from?What things are you dreading giving attention to? It’s most often the first thing that comes into your mind that you quickly try to get out of your mind. I challenge you to sit with it. Truly consider it and pray with the Lord on it. Surrendering to God only goes as far as you allow it, what things are you giving more worth to than God? Maybe you are being called to a mission or service, but are too concerned with the finances. Perhaps you are called to reach out to a friend but you are caught on how much time it would take. Whatever it may be, I challenge you to be smart but also be in the moment. We get so wrapped up in the future, the past, or circumstances and forget to be where our feet are planted, where God has us in this present moment. If you are reading this in your home, what friend could you reach out to after to check on, maybe send them a prayer. If you are in a coffee shop, maybe pay for someone’s coffee and tell them God loves them. We are called to be bold in our faith, and to be here now. Look at where God has you and make the most of those moments. I had heard a quote the other day from Craig Groeschel that said, “surrender the past you can’t change and trust God with the further that you can’t control.” Do we have that confidence in the Lord? Can we allow time for His movement in our life. God allowed there to be interruptions in His walk, even on the way to certain destinations, He was present enough to see the blind man on the side of the road, to see Zacchaeus and eat with him, and to stop to help the disciples, walking to them on the water, instead of just meeting them on the other side as intended. God allowed time for interruptions, I have to ask myself if I will do the same. Verses: “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭25‬-‭34‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ “In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. Give us THIS day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭9‬-‭13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ “Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.”” ‭‭James‬ ‭4‬:‭13‬, ‭15‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ “THIS is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭118‬:‭24‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ “And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.” So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully. But when they saw it, they all complained, saying, “He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.”” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭19‬:‭5‬-‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ “Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing.” ‭‭John‬ ‭9‬:‭1‬-‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ “Now when evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea; and He was alone on the land. Then He saw them straining at rowing, for the wind was against them. Now about the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea, and would have passed them by. And when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed it was a ghost, and cried out; for they all saw Him and were troubled. But immediately He talked with them and said to them, “Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid.” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭6‬:‭47‬-‭510 ‭NKJV‬‬