Opportunities and Outcomes

ONE MISTAKE we make is equating our lives with those of others, forgetting that as our faces differ, so do our races.

When God saved Paul, he mentioned that he would reveal how much Paul would suffer for his name's sake. (Acts 9:16)

Paul would have great opportunities, and with them would come various challenges.

‘We forget that as our faces differ, so are our races in life.’

Opportunities

ON THE DAY that Elijah would pass, he said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you.”

“Please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me,” said Elisha.

And Elijah replied, You have asked for a difficult thing.

However, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so. (2 Kings 2:9-10)

Elisha asked for a miracle but got an instruction.

SIMILARLY, when Naaman sought a miracle, the prophet gave him an opportunity to walk in obedience. (2 Kings 5)

When the wife of one of the sons of the prophets sought a breakthrough, she got an instruction instead. (2 Kings 4)

So as you seek a miracle, ask God what you need to do.

WHEN DAVID wanted a miracle, he asked God for instructions.

And God told him to pursue the Amalekites, that he would surely overtake them and recover all. (1 Samuel 30:8)

KNOWING what to do and doing it will make you a champion for God.

Daniel knew what to do and did it. (Daniel 1:8) However, Jacob was unsettled when God appeared to him at Bethel. (Genesis 28:10-22)

WHEN God wanted to expand Moses, he came to him in the burning bush. (Exodus 3:2-5)

So, when God wants to change the season of your life, he gives you an opportunity in the form of an instruction.

GOD gave Israel an opportunity when he told them to spy out the land of promise. He wanted them to connect to what they had heard.

God did the same when he told Abraham to walk the length and breadth of the land that he would give him. (Genesis 13:17)

GOD guarantees equal opportunities but not equal outcomes.

When the twelve spies were sent to Canaan, ten of them returned saying, they couldn't while the other two, Caleb and Joshua, returned saying, they could.

EVERY TEST or temptation is an opportunity to walk in obedience. So every situation in life presents an opportunity to live right.

And every opportunity you seize in Christ will give you a God-ordained outcome.

When you believe God’s report, you'll have his result.

Final Thought

We are faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations — Charles Swindoll.