Provision - Pt 1

Provision Part 1

0:00

Sub title: Quitting Vs Failing

Word Of The Month: Provision - Psalms 16:5-11

Just because we're in a new season, it doesn't mean we'll automatically enter it. We need to push and break boundaries. I need to know how to push through that new season. I need to push myself through.

I don't need to push the wall, I need to push through.

Not everything that I quit means that I've failed. 

God is doing things, but because I'm often so far in my mind from what God is doing, I need to reset my mind and just begin to flow with what He is doing. In this new season, God is dealing with the repetitions of the past. New seasons don't always come, but when they do, I need to break through them.

I can't have old expectations anymore. Even if all I've known is failure, I need to know that I'm not the same person anymore. To enter into the new season, I need to detach my mind from the past. Sometimes that detachment has to be from people and certain relationships.

I'm not in the time of preparation. God gives provision because there's something He wants me to do with it. God doesn't just give provision for me alone to enjoy, although He wants me to enjoy it, He has a purpose for it.

Psalms 16:5 (Word for August)

I need to stop concerning myself over little things. I need to stop thinking negatively and stop acting like I'm perfect. I need to have faith and confidence. Many times we believe God can, but we need to believe God will.

God keeps us on this earth because it isn’t just about me. When God picks me out, He does so for a reason, and it’s He who keeps and guides us. God will do things to always draw me back to Himself because He has chosen me and doesn't let me go so easily. My life isn’t just about me.

We need to learn quickly when it’s time to quit, but I ought not to fail. There are certain things I need to quit so that I can fully enter into this new season. He wants me to do the right thing so I can experience the things He has for me.

Failure is a setback or a lack of success (unintentional), but quitting is a conscious decision to stop pursuing a goal or a task (done intentionally).

When it’s not God’s will for my life, it’s okay to quit. God has given me a precious commodity - time. It’s so limited, I can’t afford to be doing things that aren’t good for me. Anything not good for me isn’t God’s will for me.

It's easy to become a custom to failure, but why don't I become a custom to success?

So, when the new season comes, I have to enter it. But the recalibration of the mind is crucial. I need to understand what I missed out on while I was failing at something. If something keeps failing, I need to stop trying. I need to understand and seek God first to know what I'm supposed to be doing - and what I'm doing wrong, because I'm not called to be a failure.

But if I should quit, I shouldn’t do so and then do nothing. I need to find what I’m supposed to do.

We have to learn what it is about ourselves that causes continual failure. So, why do most people fail?

1. Failing to quit things that draw energy and time away from the things that truly matter. Just because someone might have finances and provision, they can still be failures.

2. Trying to do too much. Life isn't about doing a lot. I need to do a few things, focus on what I do well, and just do that. It's better to discover what gift, talent, and well God has given us, and focus on that alone.

3. Failing to identify God’s will in our lives. If I can't identify God's will in my life, I'll certainly fail.

4. 
   

If I don’t succeed in doing what God requires me to do, then I’ve failed.

God has many plans for me, but I don’t always follow through. And because I fail, I see the consequences for years.

• God has given me the grace to break through boundaries. 

• Everything I need - I have. 

• He has given me the habit of breaking through boundaries. 

• People won’t understand me anymore. 

• In this season, I’ll master being an eagle.

I need to learn how to break through boundaries.

Amen.