Prepare for the Opportunities God Sends to You

 

In life, there is a need to prepare oneself for the opportunity or blessing one is expecting. So that, when the opportunity knocks, one is ready to grab it. Mathias was one of the early converts to Christianity. He did his best to prepare for the future ministry. When the opportunity came his way to be numbered among the twelve apostles, he was more than ready to grab it. Judas relinquished his position as an apostle because of his greed and selfishness. Judas’s position was vacant. Somebody had to fill the post.

There was an opportunity for a new candidate to assume the dignity of an apostle (Acts 1: 15 – 26). Mathias was there. He was ready. He was prepared. Peter listed the prerequisite qualifications to become an apostle. Mathias possessed all these qualifications. So Matthias became the twelfth apostle. And to show that he was ready to serve as an apostle, he worked assiduously for the growth of the Church, preached the Gospel tirelessly. And today, we celebrate Mathias as a saint, a martyr and an apostle.

Opportunity may come your way; promotion may be looking for you. Success may be searching for you. But the question is this: are you ready? The way you live your life, the choices you make and the things you do; do these clearly show that you are preparing yourself for something great? A lazy worker who does the least in his company is certainly not preparing herself for promotion. When a promotion arrives, she is found wanting. An ambitious but disorganized, disoriented person who is aspiring to the position of leadership is certainly not preparing himself to lead.

You need to prepare yourself for the blessings and favours you are expecting from God. Do not render yourself unfit for the blessing you desire so much.