I believe that one of the Difference making behaviors is what we call “Proactivity”. I know it is a term I am borrowing from the work environment yet it is a life style and behavior you can see across your day. Allow me to share a definition to Proactive behavior “ It involves acting in advance of a future situation, rather than just reacting. It means taking control and making things happen rather than just adjusting to a situation or waiting for something to happen.” I can´t stop myself admiring the Proactive people, they just capture my respect, think of the waiter who saw you dropping your napkin on the floor and quickly hurries to pick it up and provide you with new one without you even noticing you dropped that napkin at first place...think of the lady helping you in your house cleaning seeing you finding difficulty keeping the kids room tidy and comes up with a new way to set it up and minimize the mess...At work, think of your team member seeing an inefficient process involving different areas, then without being asked, starts moving the ball to find a solution and gets it done! All of the above are individuals that surely do not pass unnoticed in their environment. These people are always two steps ahead of the rest!
When it comes to our spiritual world, we tend to get relaxed about the needed life behaviors, we tend to be on the receptive side and accept that our lives are just the way they are, taken control of, rather than us having a role in keeping it Alive and Burning with Passion. I love the passage in Acts 2, just after the Pentecost we just celebrated lately, Paul stood in the midst of the multitude, preaching, with full power and authority given to Him by the Holy Spirit just received, the Love of God through His Son Jesus Christ…and just check the way his audience reacted:
When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles,
When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles,
“Brothers, what shall we do?” (Acts 2:37 NIV)
فلَمّا سمِعوا نُخِسوا في قُلوبهِمْ، وقالوا لبُطرُسَ ولِسائرِ الرُّسُلِ: «ماذا نَصنَعُ أيُّها الرِّجالُ الإخوَةُ؟». (2 أعمالُ الرُّسُلِ:37 )
فلَمّا سمِعوا نُخِسوا في قُلوبهِمْ، وقالوا لبُطرُسَ ولِسائرِ الرُّسُلِ: «ماذا نَصنَعُ أيُّها الرِّجالُ الإخوَةُ؟». (2 أعمالُ الرُّسُلِ:37 )
They did not just hear the Word and went each one to his own normal life, but decided to take control and make things happen, changing the reality and seeking a better life, a better future under the loving wings of This Heavenly Father. They asked for action to act on it, they did not just accept a receptive life, in which routine is the norm and the known was the comfort zone. They joined the call and guess what…They Changed the face of HISTORY since then! What started with a bunch of proactive listeners turned to billions of life changing believers across generations. They did not just Listen, but they EMBRACED the Word, and Proactively ACTED in Faith towards a new world renewing experience!
Dear God, I ask today for a proactive spirit in each one of us…We had enough listening, and keep listening only. We had enough being content with the mediocre and the normal, we ask for Your Spirit to come and lift us higher to new grounds of Actions changing the course of our lives towards a better world and an exciting journey with You on this earth..and for eternity. Let us have the spirit of those who asked “What Shall we do?”…Let us bring to you Today this question…and be ready for a Proactive Soaring Spirit. In Jesus Name. Amen!
Making a difference is a decision…be Proactive!
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