Are you ready to move?

I heard this awesome song the other day by Carmen Calhoun and in the song, she sang, are you ready to move when God says move. It touched my spirit so much that I shedded a few tears. The lyrics basically say are you ready to move in the visions and dreams He's given you. WOW! What an awesome question!

How many of us have these big dreams and visions of what we should be doing? Remember in the last blog post I talked about "the danger of doing nothing." This song coincides with that message. In order to live out what God has for us, we have to be ready to move when God says move. How many times have we done nothing or the opposite moved when we wanted to move instead of when God said to move?

You have to listen to the voice of God and allow Him to guide you. But when you pray and ask God to guide your feet, be ready to move when He says move! Okay, I am about to shout because that's a good word right there! A lot of times though, we ask God to move us, but we don't take the first step of faith. You have to be ready to move when God says move. So get ready! Have your stuff together. Don't wait until its time to move to start preparing to move!!! Oh my goodness! I am seriously getting ready to shout now!!! Whatever it is that you are dreaming of, do something on it now, because when God says its time to move forward, you gotta be ready!

Well how do I know when God is telling me to move? Glad you asked. God speaks to us, but in order to recognize his voice, we have to have a relationship with him. By reading His word (i.e. The Bible), and talking with him and communing with him on a regular, we become accustomed to His voice. It's just like when you hear your favorite music artist or actress, you know their voice without even seeing them because you have spent time with them by watching their movies or listening to their songs. That's the same way with God. When you talk to Him on a regular, you begin to recognize His voice. He speaks to all of us differently, but it's your relationship with Him that determines how he speaks to you. So when he tells me, "Fon, it's time to move," I know it's him because we talk all the time. The more you talk to Him, the more you recognize when He's talking to you.

Now back to the moving part...when God tells you to do something, you have to be ready. You can't be saying, "Oh hold up God because I need to do this first or I need to do that first. Or I need to run over here real quick and handle this first. You have to be ready!

So ask yourself, are you ready to move when God says move? If not, then Get Ready, Get Ready! Coming from Jackson State University and playing the flute in the famous Sonic Boom of the South Marching Band, you already know I am going to plug our theme song! GET READY!


You can listen to a snippet of Carmen's song, When God Says Move here

To hear Jackson State's Sonic Boom play Get Ready, check out the link below.
(Please note, the band begins with another song called Blowin, but Get Ready follows. Just listen for the Tubas!).
JSU SONIC BOOM

Be Blessed and Be Ready To Move When God says MOVE!
Fon James
www.fonjames.com
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