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"Be ready in season and out of season" - 2
Timothy 4:2
Many of us suffer from the unbalanced tendency to “be ready” only “out of
season.” The season does not refer to time; it refers to us. This verse says,
“Preach the Word! Be ready in season and out of season.” In other words, we
should “be ready” whether we feel like it or not. If we do only what we feel
inclined to do, some of us would never do anything. There are some people who
are totally unemployable in the spiritual realm. They are spiritually feeble and
weak, and they refuse to do anything unless they are supernaturally inspired.
The proof that our relationship is right with God is that we do our best whether
we feel inspired or not.
One of the worst traps a Christian worker can fall into is to become obsessed
with his own exceptional moments of inspiration. When the Spirit of God gives
you a time of inspiration and insight, you tend to say, “Now that I’ve
experienced this moment, I will always be like this for God.” No, you will not,
and God will make sure of that. Those times are entirely the gift of God. You
cannot give them to yourself when you choose. If you say you will only be at
your best for God, as during those exceptional times, you actually become an
intolerable burden on Him. You will never do anything unless God keeps you
consciously aware of His inspiration to you at all times. If you make a god out
of your best moments, you will find that God will fade out of your life, never
to return until you are obedient in the work He has placed closest to you, and
until you have learned not to be obsessed with those exceptional moments He has
given you.
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