Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.
19 See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland. – Isaiah 43:18-19
God does a thing that compensates for many things.
Now is an end to the past and the beginning to the future.
Significance of now – What happens now greatly affects your future.
When God is talking about now, it’s not a group thing but an individual thing.
-You need to be ready for your now to arrive
Two equations of NOW:
Equation 1: P+O+F=S
Preparation + Opportunity + Favour = Success
It’s an equation that never fails. That is the way God operates. When someone is successful, usually that equation has taken place.
Illustration of Joseph:
At age 17, the Lord opened his eyes to see his future.
Many times when God speaks, he doesn’t tell you the process.
Joseph, one day woke up as a prisoner and went to bed as a prime minister. Because his NOW happened.
When God says your now has come, no one can stop it.
God never bends his rules. You must go through the process. You must understand the process and submit yourself to the process and your now will come.
RRR – Three Rs that happened in Joseph’s life: (Equation 2)
His:
1.Rod – Your rod his internal. God who made you as already given it to you. It starts with a gift or talent. Skill or talent is raw, when it’s refined, it becomes a skill. Your rod his your skill.
Success in life is about solving people’s problems. God gave the king a problem, only Joseph could solve it and he solved it. Success in life is about meeting a need. What can you solve?
2.Relationship – Relationship with man. A butler introduced Joseph to the king because Joseph had a relationship with the butler. 99% of times, God uses man to help us. God works through divine relationship. Be good, courteous, polite, and nice to others. God blesses through the relation that you least expect.
3.Relationship with God – If you have no relationship with God, you will be fruitless. If You leave Christ out, you are nothing. Relationship with God means knowing him, hearing from him. “If you love me, obey my commandments” – (John 14:15).
The love of God determines what you do
Are you prepared for your NOW?
-Revd. Olufemi Oyelade (D.G.O New Covenant Church)
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