Be Ready!

Mea e 'ai e tatau ma le aso
“Be ready in season and out of season” (2 Timothy 4:2).

Many of us suffer from the tendency to “be ready” only “out of season.” The season does not refer to time; it refers to us.  This verse says, “Preach the Word! Be ready in season and out of season.” In other words, we should “be ready” in all seasons whether we feel like it or not.

If we do only what we feel good to do, some of us would never do anything.  There are some people who are totally unemployable in the spiritual realm.  They are spiritually lacking and weak, and they refuse to do anything unless they are supernaturally inspired, like receiving some kind of divine spiritual intervention from above.

The proof that our relationship is right with God is that we do our very best whether we feel inspired or not.  We serve Him regardless of your current situation.  One of the worst traps a Christian can fall into is to become obsessed with his own moments of inspiration.

When the Spirit of God gives you a time of inspiration and insight, you tend to say, “Now that I’ve experienced this moment, I will always be like this for God.” No, you will not, and God will make sure of that. Those times are entirely the spiritual gift's of God.
You cannot give them to yourself when you choose or want.  If you say you will only be at your best for God, as during those exceptional times, you actually become a burden on Him.
You will never do anything unless God keeps you consciously aware of His inspiration to you at all times. 

If you make a god out of your best moments, you will find that your are serving your own best moments and God will fade out of your life, never to return until you are obedient in the work He has placed for you to do, and until you have learned not to be obsessed with those moments He has given you. 

So, be ready in all seasons because God needs you to preach His truths for we live in times when, "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;" (2 Timothy 4:3)  God needs you to, “Be ready in season and out of season”

Ia manuia,

failauga p. anoa'i