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Is it an opportunity or a crisis?

Opportunities and crises sometime look very similar. When the twelve spies came back to give their report to all the Israelites, ten of them said that they simply could not take the land because giants were present. Two of the spies said the land was delightful and they were ready to take the land. For the ten spies, it had become a crisis. for Joshua and Caleb, it was a lifetime opportunity. Proverbs 10:5 says: “Know the importance of the season you’re in and a wise son you will be. But what a waste when an incompetent son sleeps through his day of opportunity!” A crisis or an opportunity is a time when a decision has to be made. There has to be some kind of change, shift or action to be able to resolve the crisis, or to take advantage of the opportunity. Crises many times arise because of bad decisions or past bad management of our resources. The good thing is that crises can be moments for course correction. If we do heed the moment and “course correct,” we can effectively come out the better for it. If we embrace the opportunity, we can greatly profit from actively engaging in the right time and season. Whether it is a crisis or an opportunity, our actions will determine whether we leave that experience in victory or defeat, with more or less, with great memories or regrets. Well, is it a crisis, or an opportunity?

 

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Super-charge your prayers!

Paul revealed an important principle in Philippians 4:10 “But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last your[a] care for me has flourished again; though you surely did care, but you lacked opportunity”. There are times where you might want to do something that God placed in your heart, and it might be very important, but because of circumstances and issues, you seemingly never get to it. Thus it doesn’t get done, even thought you know it’s important. It could be a family or ministry related issue, or it could be something that God placed in your heart to do. In times like this, we need to not only pray, you also have to super-charge your prayers with what I call “the team attack.” In Colossians 4:3, Paul asked for prayer so that God would open a door of opportunity for him to be able to proclaim the Gospel where he was at. Look at how Paul asks for help: “At the same time pray for us, too, that God will open a door [of opportunity] to us for the word, to proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I have been imprisoned.” He needed doors of opportunity to open for him, so he asked his fellow brothers and sisters to pray for him so that he could accomplish what God had placed in his heart. Have you asked your close friends to pray for you for opportunities/doors to open for you.? This is a powerful strategy. Ask and you shall receive!

Colossians 4:3 “At the same time pray for us, too, that God will open a door [of opportunity] to us for the word, to proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I have been imprisoned.”