-69,120 Minutes: Preparation

                "Every Christian should be ready to preach, pray, or die at a minute's notice." ~ John Wesley.

Do you ever wonder if you're prepared to follow God's plan for your life?  What if He calls you to be a missionary or to die for your faith? Would you be ready to accept His calling?

God prepares people to do great things. Think about David. He walked up to Saul and offered to kill the Philistine. Why was David able to do this? Because, back in the day, David had fought and killed both a lion and a bear (1 Sam 17:34-37). He killed them with his hands. WITH HIS HANDS!

When the bear took his sheep, I'll bet David wondered why this had to happen to him. Nevertheless, he trusted God. He took on the bear and God prepared him for something greater.

When the bear came, David had no clue that he would save Israel one day. He had no clue that he would become Israel's greatest king. Yet he trusted God. He trust God even when he might have felt like a nobody. He trusted God through the trials and, through the trials, God prepared him.

There are approximately 69, 120 minutes in between me and India. I do not know what God has in store for me there, but I do know something. I know that God has prepared me for it, broken clavicle and all,  and I am ecstatic.

God is calling you too. He might not call you to India or to fight a giant, but God is calling. Trials come, but think of them as preparation (James 1:2-4). Remember, God is preparing us all for something greater. Are you ready to preach, pray, or die at a minute's notice?