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April 25, 2009
INSTANT IN SEASON
Be instant in season, out of season.
2 Timothy 4:2
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Many of us suffer from the morbid tendency to be instant "out of
season." The season does not refer to time, but to us - 'Be instant
in season, out of season," whether we feel like it or not. If we do
only what we feel inclined to do, some of us would do nothing for
ever and ever. There are unemployables in the spiritual domain,
spiritually decrepit people, who refuse to do anything unless they
are supernaturally inspired. The proof that we are rightly related to
God is that we do our best whether we feel inspired or not.
One of the great snares of the Christian worker is to make a fetish
of his rare moments. When the Spirit of God gives you a time of
inspiration and insight, you say - "Now I will always be like this
for God." No, you will not, God will take care you are not. Those
times are the gift of God entirely. You cannot give them to yourself
when you choose. If you say you will only be at your best, you become
an intolerable drag on God; you will never do anything unless God
keeps you consciously inspired. If you make a god of your best
moments, you will find that God will fade out of your life and never
come back until you do the duty that lies nearest, and have learned
not to make a fetish of your rare moments.
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