Let's Get Busy!

Some of you may remember the "Late Night Show" with Arsenio Hall from the 1990s (not the one from this century). After Arsenio Hal would do his opening monologue, he would always say, "Let's...get...busy!" Saints, that's what time it is for the church. It's time for us to get busy about our Heavenly Father's business !(Luke 2). 

I'd like to say that there are a lot of churches that are busy. The only problem is that they're not busy tending to the Father's business and the advancement and building of the Kingdom of God. The reason we know this is the case is because a tree is known by the fruit that it bears (Luke 6). If more churches were busy tending to the Father's business, we'd see more Kingdom fruit in the earth.

One of the areas for which the church needs to get busy is learning how to rest in the Lord. The Scripture says in Hebrews chapter 4 that we are to "labor to enter into that rest." Yes, we are to labor in ministry, but there's a labor that God is calling us to that will supersede the ministry work we do and will translate into Kingdom work and Kingdom manifestation. Remember the scene where Jesus was with the sisters Mary and Martha? The Bible says that Martha was busy serving, and complained that her sister wasn't helping her. But Jesus responded, "one thing is needful, and Mary hath chosen that good part" (Luke 10). Saints, it is necessary that we learn to make a priority of resting in the Lord and communing with Him. 

One of the problems with a lot of us as preachers is that we've become professional ministers. Serving the Lord has become more of a vocation than it is a relational calling. Wrong! This is not the will of the Lord. The Lord wants us to spend time with Him. He wants us to commune with Him. He wants us to worship Him and to praise Him. Not just in church, but when we're alone. If you apply the 5 Love Languages to our relationship with God, He wants quality time. And Saints, it takes work. You have to labor. You have to sacrifice. You have to be diligent about entering His rest.

Then Saints, we have to get busy about bearing our cross. Where is the message of sacrifice and suffering? The Scripture says that any person who will live godly "shall" suffer persecution (2Timothy 3). So if there's not a lot of persecution in the church, does it suggest that there's also not enough godliness? Jesus made it clear, any person who would be His disciple must bear their cross (Matthew 16). We must get busy about identifying what it is that God is calling us to die for in the name of building His Kingdom. The Apostle Peter said that we have been called to suffer (1Peter 2). We must get busy about answering this call.

I received a prophetic word yesterday, where the Lord said to tell His people to prepare for the" latter rain." Saints, we're almost there. The Kingdom move that has been anticipated since the beginning of this century is about to be released in the earth. Miracles, signs and wonders will be abundant. Financial prosperity will be overflowing. Souls will be saved and hearts and minds renewed. Needless to say, there will be a lot of work to do, so let's get busy in preparation for the next move of God!