You have to go and get them.

People sometimes come to you and seek friendship, communion and relationship.
However, things do not get done,
friendships are not developed if we sit and wait on others to come to us.

More than likely,
if you are married……
when you advanced in the relationship you have with your wife to the point of getting engaged…you asked her to marry you.

You pursued her,
you courted her,
you went to pick her up for most of,
if not all of your dates….
then, eventually,  you asked her the question.

You did not sit at your house waiting on her to come to you.

You sought her out.
Won her over.

You did not wait on her.

Do not wait to get what you want.

Excluding the patience we are instructed to walk in through Christ….                               and there is a place for that….
we make things happen in our life.

Waiting on The Lord is done when you hear from him instructing you to do so.

Short of that…
you do not sit and wait.

We would still be living in caves if everyone did that.

The job you have was most likely one you applied for,
one you went after.

You go to buy groceries.
You go to get the things you need.

In Matthew 28….
Jesus said to His Disciples to sit in Jerusalem and wait on the world to come to them.

Oh…..
if you know that Chapter then you have already corrected me.

He told them to ….
“Go, and preach.”
“Go, and make disciples.”
“Go, and spread this Gospel.”

The instruction was to go and get them.
Not to wait on them.

 

The example has been set.

 

Do not wait in your church pew for people to come and ask about  JESUS.

Go get them.

Do not sit in your chair and wait on people to pursue you for friendship.

House are not build by themselves.
Hammers are used, nails are driven,
paint is brushed on, doors are hung.
Effort is extended.

Introduce yourself.

Pursue them.

It worked with your wife.

It will work with new friends and new relationships.

Their lives can be changed by your
effort of getting involved with them.
Your life can be elevated by the effort extended to pursue new relationships.

Don’t wait on them.

 

 

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