Brilliant ones!!! Unexpected things are on the horizon. I believe this strongly!! What will it take?

Readiness. It is a concept that we know about but maybe it is not at the forefront of our thoughts. Readiness plays an important part in our next. Readiness is having an expectation that something will happen and being prepared for it. Have you heard the saying be ye also ready? It comes from a scripture where Jesus encouraged His disciples to prepare and reiterated that He might appear in an hour that was least expected. Isn’t that typically how opportunities, blessings, and breakthroughs work? They appear when least expected. Most of us have small hints or inclinations about things we should work on or prepare. We either pay little attention to the hints or want to hurry up and get the preparation over. Brilliant ones, we are in a strong season of preparedness. What are you getting ready for? I know what I am getting ready for and it takes a couple of things. Readiness takes a plan or a blueprint. Readiness takes practice. Readiness takes time. Readiness takes focus. Readiness may require feedback. The list may swell or lessen. Whatever it takes, let’s BE READY and when opportunity comes we will step forward with full confidence.

A common phrase echoed back to a person sharing details of a scenario that seems unrealistic or to convey utter shock that a situation has played out the way it has is “are you serious?” Another play on the word serious is when we meet individuals who come across as intense and it is said, “they are way too serious.” I have spent some time thinking about what I should be serious about.

After reaching a milestone birthday recently, I starting reassessing many aspects of my life. I realize that time is flying fast. All things considered, when you count the value of your days and all that has to be accomplished in them, I thought to myself ‘I gotta get serious.’ What do I mean when I say serious ? When I think about being serious, I think about focus. Prioritization. Weight. Discipline. Consistency. Webster’s defines serious as 1) of showing or characterized by deep thought; 2) requiring thought concentration of application and/or 3) weighty or important. Because life is filled with so many activities, interests, ideas of curiosity, goals, distractions, responsibilities, fantasies, and even mundaneness, we can find ourselves wandering or engaged in life with meager attempt. Brilliant individuals are able to quickly assess what they count as serious and what isn’t serious. Is your business or career a serious matter? What about your faith and health? Are your relationships and finances a serious matter? What about your self care? Are conversations and contemplation a serious matter? The list goes on and on. The beauty of it all is that you are able to define what is serious to you. I can not define what it is for you, but I ask the question today, ‘are you serious?” You are the one who defines what is weighty.

Becoming sensitive in this area may require admitting that there are areas that have been shrugged away as non-important or ignored that should have more attention. Asking the question can reset focus and eliminate mindless activities and wasting of a precious commodity known as time.

I leave with this thought from Psalm 90:12:

12 So teach us to number our days
that we may get a heart of wisdom.

Days….We only have a few of them, so let us use them wisely.