Partners

We’ve all heard people say, “If it’s God’s will, it will happen.” You may have even said it yourself. Get this straight – it is always God’s will for you to prosper. He wants you to take new territory, whether in ministry, friendships, family, health, or your job.

However, the vision God has given you can only be achieved by strategic and aggressive action. Want new territory? Make a plan and go after it. God will back you up! Let’s look at somebody who just said, “If God wants it to happen, it will” and left the results up to fate. You will find this gentleman in the book of Proverbs.

I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding; And there it was, all overgrown with thorns; It’s surface was covered with nettles; Its stone wall was broken down. When I saw it, I considered it well. I looked on it and received instruction; A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest; So shall your poverty come like a prowler, and your need like an armed man. – Proverbs 24:30-34

Just hoping good things would happen caused this man to miss many God-given opportunities. He became poor with “need like an armed man.” Armed men steal, kill, and take prisoners. That’s what this man was, a prisoner to wrong thinking. So what was wrong with the passive man’s vineyard? Three things. 

1. 1. Thorns: It had become painful instead of valuable.
2. 2. Nettles: The territory was no longer pleasant to look at.
3. 3. Broken down walls: This territory is no longer protected. 

 Don’t fall victim to the thinking that “if it’s God’s will,” it will magically happen. It takes a plan, effort, and partnership with Jesus Christ!