Daily Devotion for 7/15/11 God is getting you ready

Happy Friday everyone!! I hope everyone has had a wonderful and productive week...Here's today's lesson :)

Today's Topic: God is getting you ready
Scripture Text: Luke 14:28

"No man builds without counting the cost"

Before God gives you more, He observes you with what you have. He wants to know that he can trust you. Furthermore, when He speaks a word over your life, it's like a seed; it needs time to take root and sprout. If God has planned it for you, don't get into a hurry. "Wait for it; because it will surely come" (Habbakuk 2:3) Patience develops in us the ability to stand up to the pressures that accompany blessing. Look back; aren't some of the things you've been through, the very things that have equipped you to handle what you have now? Had God given them to you sooner you couldn't have handled them, and loves you way too much to let that happen.

Think: If you're having difficulty handling criticism from a few people, how would do if God made you pastor or company president? Hmmm Are you ready to pay the price? And more importantly, are able to pay it? The more God gives you, the more he holds you responsible for. Jesus said: "No man builds without counting the cost." Sometimes we want things because others have them. You say you want a husband and children, but are you ready to start living sacrificially? You say you need a wife, but are you ready to "give yourself for her" (Ephesians 5:25)

Whatever you're going through today, there's great peace in knowing that nothing the enemy does can preempt God's plan. So, "Don't be impatient for the Lord to act! Keep traveling steadily along his pathway and in due season he will honor you with every blessing." (Psalms 37:34)

So think about the things that YOU THINK you should have right now. You may not be ready to receive it/them. Wait on the Lord. There's a reason for everything. God designed it that way so trust and wait on him!

Rejoice! God is getting you ready!

Song of Inspiration: "Wait on the Lord" Fred Hammond
http://youtu.be/4wcdY2v5Kio

Love y'all

:: LA ::