FLEXIBILITY IS KING?
One of our Life Coaching assumptions is that flexibility is king. The individual with the most behavioral flexibility will control any situation.
Just pause for a moment and reflect on how it will feel, look or sound if you can always have everything under control. Your response will no doubt be dependent on your personality type, but all personalities experience an exhilarating victory when they get an overwhelming situation under control. Your ability to do this in the shortest time possible will greatly depend on the degree of your behavioral flexibility.
It’s important to not confuse being flexible with being unstable which results from doubts. The bible clearly warns that he that is doubtful is unstable and should not expect to receive wisdom from God (James 1:5-8). No situation can be brought under control without wisdom. Not only is there is a time and a season for every activity under the sun (Ecclesiastes 3:1) there is also a proper procedure for every matter (Eccl 8:6)
Flexibility starts by yielding our lives to the Lordship of Jesus Christ and applying the principles of the combination of Ecclesiaistes 3:1-8 and 8:1-6 in every situation we’re confronted with irrespective of how we are feeling at that point in time.
Who is like the wise man? Who knows the explanation of things? Wisdom brightens a man's face and changes its hard appearance. Obey the king's command, I say, because you took an oath before God. Do not be in a hurry to leave the king's presence. Do not stand up for a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases. Since a king's word is supreme, who can say to him, "What are you doing?" Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm, and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure. For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, though a man's misery weighs heavily upon him (Eccl 8:1-6 NIV)
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace (Eccl 3:1-8 NIV)
The word of God likens our submission to God to that of clay in the potter’s hand (Jer 18:6). To the best of my knowledge, the more ‘flexible’ clay is in the hands of a potter, the more ready it is to be transformed into a vessel of beauty to be admired by all. In our work with God, flexibility is a key ingredient of success. God will not always give us details of His plan; we must be flexible enough to keep obeying His last instruction to us knowing He will supply the next piece of information when we need it. Let’s review Elijah’s encounter with God in 1Kings 17:2-11.
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah: "Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have ordered the ravens to feed you there." So he did what the LORD had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there.The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. Then the word of the LORD came to him: "Go at once to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have commanded a widow in that place to supply you with food." So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, "Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?" As she was going to get it, he called, "And bring me, please, a piece of bread."(1 Kings 17:2-11 NIV)
We see God telling Elijah where to go and what he will be fed with. He did not tell him how long he’s going to be there or that the brook will eventually dry up requiring Elijah to move once again. I also noticed that the birds brought meat and bread but there was no mention of salt and pepper to give the food a good flavor. We don’t even know what kind of meat they brought to Elijah. My point is, the widow of Zarephath and her family was saved from the famine because Elijah was flexible enough to be content with whatever God provided for him. His flexibility saved both his life and that of the entire widow’s family.
Paul applied this same flexibility principle to his life and walk with God. He shared it when he said he has learnt to be content in whatever situation he finds himself. Whether in abundance or in lack (Phillip.4:10-13). The secret to these two heroes’ flexibility and contentment is their trust in God’s ultimate plan for their lives. There is no saying how high God can lift a person who trusts Him enough to be flexible in His hands.
Are you believing God for something? Have you made your request known to him? Then let yourself loose in His hands. He is able to keep that which has been committed to His hands (2 Tim.1:12). Gear yourself up for the adventure to possessing your desires, He will do more than you think or imagine but there is no guarantee that it will come the way YOU had it all planned out. God is an adventurous God and He is the only one I know, who always ‘uses one stone to kill multiple birds’. God will give you your miracle, but there are several other people in line whose miracles are tied to yours. Stay flexible in His hands, trust me everything will come together and it will all make sense someday. If not on this side of life, it will on the other side.
STAY FLEXIBLE IN THE HANDS OF GOD. LET THAT FLEXIBILITY REFLECT IN YOUR DAILY LIFE. THERE IS A TIME TO BE UNYIELDING AND A TIME TO YEILD. LET GO AND LET GOD!
With Warmth
Angela.
Just pause for a moment and reflect on how it will feel, look or sound if you can always have everything under control. Your response will no doubt be dependent on your personality type, but all personalities experience an exhilarating victory when they get an overwhelming situation under control. Your ability to do this in the shortest time possible will greatly depend on the degree of your behavioral flexibility.
It’s important to not confuse being flexible with being unstable which results from doubts. The bible clearly warns that he that is doubtful is unstable and should not expect to receive wisdom from God (James 1:5-8). No situation can be brought under control without wisdom. Not only is there is a time and a season for every activity under the sun (Ecclesiastes 3:1) there is also a proper procedure for every matter (Eccl 8:6)
Flexibility starts by yielding our lives to the Lordship of Jesus Christ and applying the principles of the combination of Ecclesiaistes 3:1-8 and 8:1-6 in every situation we’re confronted with irrespective of how we are feeling at that point in time.
Who is like the wise man? Who knows the explanation of things? Wisdom brightens a man's face and changes its hard appearance. Obey the king's command, I say, because you took an oath before God. Do not be in a hurry to leave the king's presence. Do not stand up for a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases. Since a king's word is supreme, who can say to him, "What are you doing?" Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm, and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure. For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, though a man's misery weighs heavily upon him (Eccl 8:1-6 NIV)
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace (Eccl 3:1-8 NIV)
The word of God likens our submission to God to that of clay in the potter’s hand (Jer 18:6). To the best of my knowledge, the more ‘flexible’ clay is in the hands of a potter, the more ready it is to be transformed into a vessel of beauty to be admired by all. In our work with God, flexibility is a key ingredient of success. God will not always give us details of His plan; we must be flexible enough to keep obeying His last instruction to us knowing He will supply the next piece of information when we need it. Let’s review Elijah’s encounter with God in 1Kings 17:2-11.
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah: "Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have ordered the ravens to feed you there." So he did what the LORD had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there.The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. Then the word of the LORD came to him: "Go at once to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have commanded a widow in that place to supply you with food." So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, "Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?" As she was going to get it, he called, "And bring me, please, a piece of bread."(1 Kings 17:2-11 NIV)
We see God telling Elijah where to go and what he will be fed with. He did not tell him how long he’s going to be there or that the brook will eventually dry up requiring Elijah to move once again. I also noticed that the birds brought meat and bread but there was no mention of salt and pepper to give the food a good flavor. We don’t even know what kind of meat they brought to Elijah. My point is, the widow of Zarephath and her family was saved from the famine because Elijah was flexible enough to be content with whatever God provided for him. His flexibility saved both his life and that of the entire widow’s family.
Paul applied this same flexibility principle to his life and walk with God. He shared it when he said he has learnt to be content in whatever situation he finds himself. Whether in abundance or in lack (Phillip.4:10-13). The secret to these two heroes’ flexibility and contentment is their trust in God’s ultimate plan for their lives. There is no saying how high God can lift a person who trusts Him enough to be flexible in His hands.
Are you believing God for something? Have you made your request known to him? Then let yourself loose in His hands. He is able to keep that which has been committed to His hands (2 Tim.1:12). Gear yourself up for the adventure to possessing your desires, He will do more than you think or imagine but there is no guarantee that it will come the way YOU had it all planned out. God is an adventurous God and He is the only one I know, who always ‘uses one stone to kill multiple birds’. God will give you your miracle, but there are several other people in line whose miracles are tied to yours. Stay flexible in His hands, trust me everything will come together and it will all make sense someday. If not on this side of life, it will on the other side.
STAY FLEXIBLE IN THE HANDS OF GOD. LET THAT FLEXIBILITY REFLECT IN YOUR DAILY LIFE. THERE IS A TIME TO BE UNYIELDING AND A TIME TO YEILD. LET GO AND LET GOD!
With Warmth
Angela.
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