Bishop Jonathan Alvarado - IMPACT Conference 2010
Sunday - PM
Ecclesiastes 3:1 Ecclesiates means 'Preacher'. Solomon, the writer, was an 'accident'. He was the product of a relationship that should have never happened. Out of David's folly comes Solomon expressing God's wisdom. By God's grace, no matter what you have gone through or where you have come from, God wants to use you and this is your time, this is your season!
Solomon understood something about purpose! It's not where you start, it's where you finish! We need to understand times and seasons. Solomon was born at the right time, even though he was born through the wrong circumstances. Timing is everything! This season holds something very particular for you. Don't miss it! We have missed too many times and too many seasons. We need to discern 'when', not just 'what' God is doing in this season. This IS THE season; don't miss God this season!
What God is doing this season:
- It's a Season for Assessment: Know what's happening! "Moses, what's in your hand? Start with that!" Work with what you've got to work with now! Don't throw away your miracle because you haven't assessed what you have to work with.
- It's a Season for Alignment: Firstly, alignment with God. The bumps in life's roads take you out of alignment. Life goes off course because we need an alignment. It takes a lot of effort to keep life going straight if life is out of alignment. Secondly, alignment with the right people. Not everyone is happy with your blessing. Amos 3:3 Walking together in agreement. The way to promotion is alignment, at every level. When it's time to accelerate, you can't be out of alignment. You will shake and break down faster than you can imagine. All of us need to be aligned.
- It's a Season for Advancement: 'When you are someplace, but you want to be someplace further.' It was just a matter of timing. You stuck with it and now it's your time for advancement! We are going somewhere. We are moving forward. We are not staying where we were!
- It's Not a Season to Retreat! When you see a giant, don't run back! Retreat is not an option. This time, hold your ground! Victory is sure if you don't retreat. Even if you take small steps forward, you are moving closer to your victory. You are past the point of no return!
- It's Not the Season to Repeat! Enough is enough! God delivered you out of that. How many times do you have to go through it before you get it? How much money do you have to lose before you get it? If you always do what you've always done... God's trying to move you forward.
- It's Not the Season to Recede! When God delivers you, don't be quick to forget what He has done. Don't go back to where you were because you forgot what God did for you. Don't take a vacation and miss what God is doing in this season. Don't go back to business as usual.
CHALLENGE: Can you discern the season you are in? Are you ready to assess, align and advance? Will you commit to not retreat, repeat or recede? Then make it a point this week to journal what God is saying he is doing in this season (assess). Compare notes with another in the house to see if the wheels in the car are meeting the same specifications (align). Then pray with that friend for God's advancement in their life and yours.
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Church, it's time to move forward. Don't look back. Don't look to what you've tried before, don't look to how you've failed. Look to God, think on his promises, and ask "When", because if God said it, it will come to pass. ADVANCEMENT as we ACCELERATE.
ReplyDeleteTalk about a life changing word. After this conference I know that I'm accelerating into God's promises. This is one of those services where you say "Miss a service, miss a lot!"
ReplyDeleteMan, this word was so good. It's something I need to review all the time so I don't miss my season. Awesome.
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