2 May 2006 To turn the corner

2 May 2006 To turn the
corner, you have to be moving

I can look or peer
around the corner, but if there is no momentum, than I’m not
going anywhere. It doesn’t matter how hard my stare is or my
concentration, it doesn’t matter if there is an incline or a
decline, it doesn’t even matter if I throw every ounce of my
will behind it, I’m still not going to move an inch. There has
to be some force, some energy propelling me forward in order to make
me go around the bend.

Isaiah 40:29-31 NIV

²⁹
He gives strength to the weary
      
and increases the power of the weak.

   
³⁰ Even youths grow tired and weary,
      
and young men stumble and fall;

   
³¹ but those who hope in the LORD
      
will renew their strength.
      
They will soar on wings like eagles;
      
they will run and not grow weary,
      
they will walk and not be faint.

Passage Isaiah
40:29-31: Amplified
²⁹He gives power to the faint
and weary, and to him who has no might He increases strength [causing
it to multiply and making it to abound].^(A)

   
³⁰Even youths shall faint and be weary, and [selected]
young men shall feebly stumble and fall exhausted;

   
³¹But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for,
and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and power;
they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles
[mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall
walk and not faint or become tired.^(B)

As I review this
passage, I see the young men moving, they are not conserving their
strength. They are wearing out for the cause of Christ and it is in
this place the lord strengthens them.

Passage 2
Corinthians 12:9-10:
⁹But he said to me, "My
grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in
weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my
weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. ¹⁰That
is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in
hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then
I am strong.

No one else in the
bible moved more than Paul. He was always on the go. He went to
Macedonia, Crete, Ephesus, Corinth, Galatia, Philippi, Malta,
Colosse, etc. It was easy for his path to be directed because he was
moving.

I’m not saying
that we are all called to go on such missionary trips as Paul and
heaven forbid, I intimate that we all go as Paul did, he tells us to
imitate him.

Passage 1
Corinthians 4:16:
¹⁶Therefore I urge you to imitate
me.

We follow Jesus and
imitate Paul. Our examples for living, never say stagnate. Even when
we sit before his mighty throne, processing our own death and taking
up our cross, we are moving. The forces in heaven are mounting as we
seek His face, as we give Him glory and submit to His order of
business for the day. We are called to live meaningful lives,
intentional, with purpose, even if we don’t see what’s
around the corner, we have to keep moving and trust that all will be
revealed in it’s perfect time.

Passage Matthew
11:12:
¹²From the days of John the Baptist until
now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and
forceful men lay hold of it.

Dearest Jehovah-Sabaoth
-- The Lord of Hosts,

I desire to be part of
that Army amassed for your purposes today. With you as my leader, I
am confident that all my movements will be used to advance the
kingdom of heaven. I submit my foolish thinking that in order to move
the heavenlies forward I needed to do something, as if my flesh had
any good to offer. I thank you my God that you find me worthy of
participating in the battle. Thank you that you arm me properly for
what’s in store. I thank you that you are the defender of my
walk of faith and that all glory and honor due you will be given to
you in this life. Keep me on the move, my Lord, that my life may be
a continuum of your delight. I love you my Captain. Amen