Be Deliberate

‘All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer’ Acts 2:42

Community is so powerful and it is important for us to grow roots in the following areas:

• We need to grow roots in our communal relationships. In other words, grow relational roots with anyone that is in your community both physical and virtual.
• We need to grow roots in our friendships.
• We need to grow roots in our family relationships.
• We need to grow roots in our covenant relationships. There are some relationships that are covenant relationships that God brought you into. You need to grow roots with the people you have a covenant relationship with.
• We need to grow roots in our relationship with God.

We need to deliberately grow roots in these five areas. Everything that you see today was done deliberately. Nothing happens by chance. So your life too has to be deliberate. You have to be deliberate about your relationships, about the people that you listen to, and about the people you allow your roots to grow in. You cannot just let your roots grow in any relationship, for the relationships you allow your roots grow in, you have to be very deliberate. The first thing you need to do to grow relational roots is to qualify your relationships. Which is why you need the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit that knows the heart of man. So ask the Holy Spirit who people are and He will tell you directly or indirectly.

I was listening to a message a while ago by T.D. Jakes and he mentioned three categories of relationships which are very powerful. Over the next few days we will be learning how to qualify our relationships with help from the Holy Spirit. However starting today, begin to praise, worship, pray, develop friendships, and grow roots deliberately.

Prayer:  Father, I ask that by Your Spirit, You teach me what I need to be deliberate about and how I need to go about being deliberate in my life daily, in Jesus Name.