Job 32:8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

What do you find inspiring?

It is that time of year when The Master’s golf tournament is televised. As a long time golfer I have noticed that immediately after The Master’s there is a sudden increase in golf rounds played. It is spring, but here in Texas the weather has been good for some time. Unlike the northern states we can play year round. Even so, the sudden increase of rounds played has to be attributed to the inspiration that golfers witness at The Master’s. I know, I feel it myself.

Inspiration is meant to spur action. Seeing a picture of the Grand Canyon isn’t inspiring if you don’t go there to witness it for yourself. We often see or think of things which move our emotions, but if they do nothing to move our feet, they are not inspiring.

Romans 8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

This quickening of the body is a change in behavior, to put you in motion.

Isaiah 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

The meaning of apostle is one sent. Many say that the days of the apostles are over.

That can only be true if God asks you to go and you say no.

Don’t you want to be inspired?

Colossians 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

We are encouraged to set our eyes upon Jesus, we are to long for the day we see Him face to face, our longing should be for the hope set before us. Endure, run the race, wait patiently, all for the sake of the promises made.

I hurt now. I have problems now. I am in danger now. How about a little now action?

Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

I am not a child, I understand this, but Jesus knew what lay ahead with the knowledge derived by being One with the Father. Plus He is God. I am not.

I’ve been on the right side of this battle for over fifty years and I still ask why. Knowing God, understanding the promises, having faith exceedingly great, having seen deeply within the mysteries, having the blessed assurance and abounding grace still does not help me with the now.

You would think it would. We have been through so much, we look back upon those things of darkness and dryness, of thirst and hunger, seeing the hand of God working in those things, from this side. I have what I have because of it.

The now is here to build and equip in me those things which I do not have. Just as in my past when I cried out why Lord why and He answered me, after pulling me through those times.

But now ye also put off all these; put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.

Now is God’s way of moving us from what we were to what we will be.

As long as I have now, no matter what it feels like in me, God is still at work.