NO MORE WAIT—BREAK FREE OF EVERY LIMITATION

“I know your works.  See I have set before you and open door, and no one can shut it…”—Revelations 3:8

 

     Have you ever wanted to do something but just felt stuck in a rut of “do nothing” and waiting for the right timing.  Perhaps you have been waiting for someone to “kick” start you.  Have you ever used the excuse “I just do not feel motivated?”  Maybe you have thought “it” was too hard, or you thought that “you will never succeed, so why bother?”  It just seems easier to stay where you are and do nothing.

     Zacchaeus is an example of a person who wanted to do something so bad that no matter what he did he could not do what he wanted to do.  The Scripture tells us that he was very rich, but wealth could not help him.  His physical impairment hindered him from doing what he wanted to do.  He tried everything that he knew to accomplish his goal, but nothing was working out for him. He was stuck.  Does Zacchaeus’ situation sound similar to your own?  He did not give up or quit.  He had an idea that not only brought him success, but caused Jesus to go to his house and eat a meal with him.  You see he did something out of the ordinary that literally lifted him above the crowd—he climbed a tree and hung out on a limb just to get a glimpse of Jesus (Luke 19:1-10).

     Today is the day to become unstuck!  No more putting off that dream—that goal—that idea that you have always wanted to do.  No more taking the easier way of doing nothing and giving into limitations in your life.  Today is the day to go out on a limb. Go through the open door(s) that God opens.  Even if it looks hard, even if your flesh tells you that you cannot—go through the open door. What seems mundane and trivial may show itself to be holy, precious and part of God’s big picture for your life.   Anne Frank wrote, “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” 

 As a believer, you have something that Zacchaeus did not have.  You have the Holy Spirit, your Comforter, your Helper, your Advocate at work on your behalf.  And you have the Lord Jesus Christ saying to you--I KNOW YOUR WORKS.  SEE I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU AND OPEN DOOR, AND NO ONE CAN SHUT IT!

     My pastor friend, Rev. Paul Brady, wrote this prayer.  Let this be your prayer and declaration.

Prayer—Lord “I receive the anointing, the ability, and the empowerment to work with [You] in this time.  I believe this is my seson of visitation, of manifestation of Heaven on earth.  Things that held me back will NOT hold be back any longer” in Jesus’ name.  Amen. 

Now make this declaration:  “I’m going to see things which were previously unseen; things that were locked up unlocked!  Doors that were shut now open.  I declare it in the Name of Jesus Christ!