You Move, I Move
James 2:20 Amplified Bible (AMP)
20 Are
you willing to be shown [proof], you foolish (unproductive, spiritually
deficient) fellow, that faith apart from [good] works is inactive and
ineffective and worthless?
Matthew 11:28 Amplified Bible (AMP)
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and
overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh
your souls.]
2 Corinthians 6:17-18 Amplified Bible (AMP)
17 So,
come out from among [unbelievers], and separate (sever) yourselves from them,
says the Lord, and touch not [any] unclean thing; then I will receive you
kindly and treat you with favor, 18 And
I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the
Lord Almighty.
My
husband and I were having a conversation the other day about our behavior as
people and how many times we want people to invest in us, without us having to
do anything. Many times we find that
people would rather sit back on their laurels and let you do it all. My husband has a saying that he frequently
uses and I have adopted it as well; the saying is “I can’t want it more than
you do.” There have been times we have
both done everything for people and they have done nothing and they have become
crippled and ineffective. As my husband pointed out this can be a very
dangerous and irresponsible thing to do, because it causes people to become
dependent, ineffective, and paralyzed.
He went on to say not even God will allow us to do nothing, while He
does everything. We have to do something
even when it just an application of faith or a reflection of His character.
This conversation
sparked me to begin to look at the word of God and begin to look through its
pages and see how many times God asks of us to do before He does. Well, surprisingly enough God began asking us
to do immediately, He asked Adam in the garden not to eat of the fruit if the
tree; God also asked Adam to name the animals and to tend or oversee the
garden. But that was only the beginning,
He asked Abram to have trust enough and to walk in obedience to leave his
family and his home land, as He unfolded His plan in His life. He asked Samson’s mother not to cut His hair
in order for him to be consecrated and have strength, and the list goes on and
on. You see God’s movement always
requires something of us. The woman with
the issue of blood would have never gotten healed had she not come to Jesus,
defying law, and touching Him. The widow
woman would not have received provision if she had not first fed the prophet of
God. It is not to say God needs us, but
it is an act of our obedience, sacrifice, trust and faith that moves God. We cannot just talk a game; we have to
actually have to do something. Dr. Samuel
Chand recently spoke at our church and he encouraged us that we have to do what
we can do and God will do what we cannot do.
God does not
just want us to lean on Him out of fear, but He wants us to have confidence in
Him and in what He has given us. He
wants us to know that we are not as crippled and weak as we think, if we can do
one thing towards change, He knows that we are serious, not just giving lip
service; it’s about getting in position to receive what standing still will not
get us. Our movement is imperative to
God’s movement, you see although we understand God is the same yesterday, today
and forever more, He is in motion. One
of my theology Professors Dr. Sanders was the first person I heard say this
many years ago that” God is in our past, in our future and in our future all at
the same time, and He is waiting for us to catch up with the fullness of time.” God doesn’t want us standing still, or laying
still curled up in the fetal position waiting.
He wants us up moving, and doing something towards what He has called us
to do. If we are unsure of what that is,
keep seeking Him, and cultivate your passions.
The chance that your passions have something to do with the call on your
life is great. Move towards God and He
will move towards you!
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