Don't be troubled. Believe in God and believe in me. My Father's house has many rooms. If that were not true, would I have told you that I'm going to prepare a place for you? If I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again. Then I will bring you into my presence so that you will be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going." Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you're going. So how can we know the way?" (Joh 14: 1-5- GW)

 

I looked up the word crisis, and it means a dangerous or worrying time.  A situation or period in which things are very uncertain, difficult or painful. 

 

Jesus wanted us to avoid crisis that is why He tried to teach us to listen and prepare ourselves for things that we do not see.  In our families, we need to prepare our children or loved ones to be able to handle a situation or circumstance when we are not around.  Preparation was a very important part of Christ’s ministry.  He tried to make His disciples aware of His leaving them so that they could carry on when He was gone with the same efficiency that He did.  He told them that He was going to prepare a place for them so that they could be with Him. 

 

It is important for us to look ahead to learn from our past mistakes and try to prepare ourselves and as well as our families so that we can avoid life’s crisis or at least be prepared to face them should they come. I realize that some of us are not wired to prepare ahead of time, however, we should practice. I remember a saying that states; “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” Jesus does not desire for us to fail, only the enemy does. 

As our world turns and crisis come and go, now is the time to be able to conquer the tactics of the enemy.  We do not and should not wait for him to attack us before we have a plan of escape.  Of course, Jesus has already prepared a plan of escape for us, we just need to tap into it.  Seek his face, purpose and will for our lives and he will free us.

 

Beloved if Jesus went away to prepare a place for each of us and he is God, don’t you think we should be prepared for life challenges as well?  We should not allow the enemy to entrap us; we are only in his kingdom to bring it and all of his imps down. Let us look, listen and seek the Father’s wisdom in all things. We can and will avoid many crises if we will just follow the instructions written in the word of God. That may sound easier said than done simply because we desire to do it our way and not wait or consult the Holy Spirit for a better way. Unfortunately, we want what we want, when and how we want it and that is not ofttimes Gods plan for us.

If we stop and think for just a moment, we will realize that Gods plans are always better, his desire is not for us to fail, but to prosper, he says in his word that we are more than conquers and that means we are not defeated by the schemes the enemy may set for us. Beloved, we shall be wise enough to avoid the crisis if they come or have the wisdom to maneuver our way through them.

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