No More Excuses! 9-7–25

Welcome to the word for the week. No more excuses. That is the word for the this week. That by itself is both powerful and it needs no explanation. Everything in your life that should be done needs to get done. There is no excuse to wait to start something tomorrow when it is not promised to you. There is no better time than now to change. There is no better time than now to fix things in your life. Today is truly your best day to begin the process of completion. Let’s be honest about something. If God made you a promise you would expect it as soon as possible. Well, He expects you to do your part as soon as possible and that moment is the moment at hand that you have right now. Most people know all of this to be true and yet the excuses will flow faster than a rip current. However, the mandate remains the same which is no more excuses.

Knowing what you need to change is not the problem contrary to popular belief. Most people clearly know what they need to change. It is just a matter of dealing with the things that need to be changed. The truth is that if you could fix them then most of them would already be fixed. This is not a matter of what you can fix. This is a matter of what you are willing to begin. God does not expect us to be able to deliver ourselves. He expects us to call on Him so He can deliver us and set us free. There are times when you have to call out your struggles by name. There is no point in calling lust your shortcoming if you know that spirit by name already. The same way you would command a migraine headache to be gone is the same way you command lust or any other spirit you know by name to be gone. If you really want to see God move fast then stop dancing around the real problems. A diabetic person is praying to be set free from diabetes. Whatever your situation is needs to be called out by name. When you get serious then you will see results.

The next thing to do is to put your pride down. There is nothing new under the sun. Whatever it is that has you trapped and in bondage is nothing new in life. It is also nothing that God has not already delivered countless others from. Your situation is not any different or unique than others. At the end of the day you are fighting the same devil they did and got deceived by some of the same tactics. While you are worried about who else knows something about you it might shock you to understand two points. From a human standpoint they may have done worse than you. In the sight of God it is all the same and is called sin. So rather than be worried about who else knows something about you, now is the time to focus on God who wants to deliver and set you free. Everyone in a hospital bed has something going on that required them to go to the hospital. There is no need for you to be worried about who sees you laying in the bed because every room they pass by they see the same thing. Be thankful that you are still here with a chance to be set free.

Lastly, have a willingness to get delivered and stay delivered. What is not good for you now and has already taken you down will do the same thing again if you go back to it. The difference is the next time it will be seven times worse. There is nothing too hard for God. There is nothing that you cannot go to Him about. Yes, some things will have lasting consequences but that does not mean you are not delivered. It means that some things will be a constant reminder to you so that you do not repeat them again. It is easy to think that some of the things you cannot make excuses for are not things you need to get rid of but rather things you need to do. Remember this part before we close this week. Never think more highly of yourself than you should. You never know what attacks are waiting for you. None of us are immune to attacks so be careful. Learn from the mistakes of others and learn to take heed to those temptations that are common to man. Stay guarded by staying close to God. There is no other way to have victory in this.

May the Lord continue to bless and keep you in His grace,
Bishop Carlos J. Lennon