Rather than flow in God's favor we chase opportunities.
When we make the most of every opportunity we’ve been given...
God’s favor opens up doors of greater opportunities. We shouldn’t
stress about finding opportunity or making something happen. When you
make the most of every opportunity, God’s favor will make sure greater
opportunity finds you.
...make the most of every opportunity. Colossians 4:5 NIV
This is the key to staying in a place where God’s Favor can flow in
your life. Concentrate and do your best with where you are and what you
have to work with today. At the end of
the day faithfulness in preparation for where God want to take us is
where our focus should be. His Word never return void. It comes forth
from
God, for a specific purpose and will
NEVER fail to achieve what
God desires. It will never go unfulfilled. When you’re concerned with chasing opportunity, you’ll try and
determine which opportunities are important, and which are not.
It’s common for people to feel they
have to chase opportunity. They begin with thoughts like “When am I
going to get my big break? When is my talent going to get recognized?”
In and of itself, those questions seem harmless. But the problem with
that mindset is that it causes people to exhaust themselves chasing the
favor of man rather than trusting God. It’s an easy trap to slip into.
We can all be guilty of spending too much energy in pursuit of the favor
of man rather than trusting that God’s favor will open up doors of
greater opportunity in our life.
There’s a difference between chasing opportunity and making the most of every opportunity.
But we
often forget that God has a way of using the unseen, unnoticed places of
life to promote people. Some of the most visible people in life started
in the most invisible places. Jesus showed us that to lead is to serve.
Leadership starts with a basin of water and a towel, a moment often
overlooked. And the big moments in life have their roots in small
opportunities.
- If you’re a server at a restaurant, give people the greatest experience you can.
- If you’re a gopher at work, running small and trivial errands, do it with the attitude of an executive.
- When you’re out and about in daily life, have genuine conversations with other people.
Be silently hopeful that God will make a way for you to impact their lives through a kind word or act of love.
When you concentrate on making the most of every opportunity, God’s
favor will be free to flow in your life and open doors of greater
opportunity.
