IF YOU MUST GO UP YOU MUST GET UP
2 Kings 6:24-25; 7:1-16, Eph 5:14
As much we can never undermine the place of waiting diligently on God, we must also emphasize the fact that every genuine waiting in the kingdom is to receive instructions on what to do and the strength to do the same. Waiting on God is key but more often than not, God is also waiting on us to take actions and steps towards the actualization of the revelations we have received from Him. The first introduction of our God is in the scriptures is that He is an action God and not a passive One. In the beginning, God created and not God slept.
The God we serve is a moving God and those who will walk with Him must be ready to move at His pace. You cannot sit down helplessly and expect to win with God. God is looking for men who are ready to take steps in the direction of their purpose in alignment with divine instructions. To get up means to arouse strength, courage and energy for the task ahead. This was what God was saying to Joshua at the beginning of His ministry after Moses death. God was saying to Joshua, you cannot continue to weep and mourn the death of Moses and win the race that Moses started, you have to get up and run the race that have been set before you. Likewise God told Prophet Samuel that if Israel must go up in the fulfillment of destiny, Samuel must get up from the place of mourning for Saul and proceed to go and anoint David as the next King of the land.
The horror of past failures, the phobia of present challenges and the unfriendly environment we have found ourselves, and the fear of the unknown future has crippled many of us on the path of destiny in this earthly journey. Some of us have even concluded that we cannot achieve anything worthwhile in life again yet I can hear the Lord saying to someone reading this piece today that you cannot continue to stay where you are till you die, you have to get up and move in the direction of your desired future. The lepers said to themselves Why sit we here till we die? They got to a point where they were tired of status quo and they were ready to even take the risk of death for their emancipation.
It is high time we got up from sleep and slumber. It is time to break free from the past and present chain, fetters and shackles around you and race up towards the goal that God has set before you. If we must go up and take the land, we must damn the size of the giants and the strength of their walls and take a bold step of faith acting on what God has told us. Always remember For the Lord God shall help us, we shall not be confounded, so we have set forth our face like a flint (we are resolute and determined, focused in the direction of our vision), for we know that we shall not be ashamed.
Prayers: Father please stir my heart and spirit up. Help me to take a bold step of faith in the direction of my future regardless of the challenges around me. Amen!!!
