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FORWARD

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Over the next few chapters, we will be discussing moving forward, but first I want you to know what it means to move FORWARD and what defines it. Then you can see for yourself why it’s so difficult to move and actually reach your target and receive your Heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling you.

*What does it mean to move forward? Moving Forward means the will to discover a new purpose or direction, having a new rhythm and make progress, as well as to join forces, act together and combine efforts.

There’s no either or. Your either with Him or against Him. Plain and simple. Your marriage, your parenting, your friendships, your speech, what you watch, what you wear, what you do for a living, and yes, even what you do with your money. Everything you do is connected to and represents your relationship with Him and FOR Him.

If it’s not FOR Him, you will not move FORward and make progress.

 

FORWARD~

adverb

1  In the normal order or sequence.

2 Onward so as to make progress; toward a successful conclusion.

3 Toward the future; ahead in time.

adjective

1 Positioned near the enemy lines

2 Moving toward the opponents’ goal

3 Relating to or concerned with the future.

noun

1 An offensive or defensive lineman.

verb

1 Hand over or send.

2 Dispatch.

3 Help to advance something; promote.

4 Take responsibility for dealing with a task or developing a project.

 

God has created an order for His children. He is to be first and be our focus in everything we do. When He loses his spot, we become out of order and our direction changes. We get off rhythm and stop making progress. We are not called to be stagnant, we are to always be growing and becoming more like Him. Focusing on one thing…Forgetting the past and looking FORWARD to what lies ahead at the finish line.

You must always remember: You are positioned near the enemy lines and as you move forward, you are approaching your opponent-whose goal is to stop you from finishing and bringing God glory through your race.

You must make the choice not to quit! You can choose to quit…but if you do, you will hand over your prize to your enemy and he will kill your calling. HOWEVER….if you choose to press on and reach toward the hand of The Father, you will come to know Christ and experience the same mighty power that raised Him from the dead!

It’s time to move. You have not yet achieved it, but you will if you forward your focus on knowing Him.

He’s calling you, but you must choose to pick up and answer His call.

 

Philippians 3:10-14~I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised Him from the dead!…I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking FORWARD to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the Heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. 

 

 

STAND BEFORE YOU MOVE

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In order to go forward, you must move.

This sounds right doesn’t it?!

Anything that doesn’t move becomes stagnant-having no current or flow.

But in order to move into the flow God is calling you to, you must first learn to STAND.

John 5:1-9~Afterward Jesus returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days. Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches. Crowds of sick people—blind, lame, or paralyzed—lay on the porches. One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, “Would you like to get well?” “I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no one to put me into the pool when the water bubbles up. Someone else always gets there ahead of me.” Jesus told him, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!” Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up his sleeping mat and began walking!

I truly believe this is the reason we so often end up right back where we started. We don’t learn to stand first, we want to move first.

We move to a new place when we’re sick and tired and all alone, looking for healing and comfort in any form other than Jesus.

We think moving will help us to get over “it.” We try to begin again, but seem to always fall right back into the same old patterns because we never learned to stand, we only stirred the waters and moved “it” around.

We may move to a different city, a different church, a different job, maybe even move to a different partner…but every time we move, we take “it” with us into a “different spot,” just like this man did.

I can imagine him laying there on his mat, wiggling and moving his way around the pool to all the different areas under all 5 covered porches. Wanting so desperately, for thirty-eight years to find companionship and “that” would make him well! But as each year and each person passed him, the more he continued to be assured “I can’t.”

What are you saying “I can’t” to? 

That you can’t get over what your husband has done or said to you, all the while remaining in bondage year after year? Maybe you “can’t” seem to find anyone to love you, and you constantly reach for affection, only to be be rejected once again. Or are you the one that can’t be healed…you’ve given up on love and maybe even life. You “can’t” get past a mistake or weakness that haunts you each and every single day.

Just…like….him.

My sweet Sister….”Would you like to get well?” 

All your moving and stirring has caused the water to bubble up, and The One who can heal you is here, right now, ready to help you up!

It’s your turn!!

“STAND up, pick up your mat…and be healed!!”

Father God, You are my Healer. Thank you in advance for complete healing and restoration in my mind, my body, my heart, and my spirit. I release myself completely to You, saying “I can” be healed and I will not move forward until I am! I will STAND on Your Word as I pick up my mat and PUT ON my Armor! “I want to be well” so that I can move forward for Your glory! 

In Jesus name, Amen.