When Our Heavenly Father instructs you to do something, you must proceed without delay. By delaying, you set yourself up for loss. The loss may come in different forms such as time, financial, emotional, etc. A mature son has the confidence in the FATHER to immediately respond without questioning the motive or intent of the FATHER. Why? Because he knows that the FATHER’s intent is always born out of Love and that the action is needful to navigate through the challenges ahead. Fruitfulness will come forth on time when you act immediately upon hearing HIS Voice.
The ego of “self preservation” will be the one who promotes the second guessing after you hear the Word from FATHER. The ego will move you toward compromise and inaction. This happens often when it comes to making a charitable contribution. HE may instruct you to give $100 or $1,000 but by the time you have allowed your ego to provide a convincing argument of compromise, the amount will be notably less or nothing at all. When this happens, you have just missed a blessing. You have failed to plant a seed of fruitfulness.
Giving and acting exposes the intent of your heart. The old man will always try to focus on the recipient of giving and convince you there is some issue with the recipient in order to compromise the Word. Over the years, I have found that my giving is independent of the recipient’s holiness. It is all about the intent in my heart as to the harvest of my obedience. FATHER knows the hearts of men. Consider the fact when the recipient of an action or resource is lawless, correction will come as a result. Once lawlessness is manifested, the righteous judgment will manifest in response. Your giving may trigger the reconciliation or restoration.
In 1989-1992, I had an investment with a man down in Florida. The investment had been made after due diligence and at the recommendation of credible business associates. FATHER told me to make a trip to Florida and “look the man in the eye”. It was inconvenient and costly, I delayed. I told HIM that I would but it would be awhile. About nine months later, I received a letter from the FBI fraud division. Yep, the money was gone. He started losing money but reported the opposite to the investors. The losses mounted to the point of becoming a Ponzi scheme. He was once a viable fund manager but became a fraud. I learned my lesson of responding “without delay”. It was a costly lesson to be sure. The loss far exceeded the cost of airfare at the time. Ouch!
What is HE telling you to do? Don’t overanalyze HIS Word, just do it! Without delay!