Daily Huddle - Thu Feb 6, 2020 Piv-What?

Love you all, praying for you
 
Dad, you’ve been talking about PiVAT our whole lives, why is that so important?  Because the hardest thing you will ever do in life – is PiVAT before dinner.  What? That’s easy, just five minutes asking God for His plans for you tomorrow – so why then is it so very hard to do consistently?  Because the devil will do anything he can to stop you.  The devil knows God has plans for you – for your life – and they are good.  He also knows you can’t follow God’s plans for you for your life, if you don’t even know what His plans are for you – for today.  He also knows better than anyone but God – that in everything in life – there’s God’s Way and man’s way – because he is the author of man’s way - the way that seems right, but is not.  The devil can’t have you establish that life long habit of seeking God for His plans for you each day – you’ll start walking in His plans for your life!  God will surely reveal His will for you each day – your Word time will grow.  PRISM will become a priority – which means your words and thoughts and heart will be transformed.  You’ll start surrendering your entire life – even this hour into His hands and God will begin to do ridiculous things – that only He can do.  You’ll start walking in what you were created for!  There’s irreversible joy there.  And what you do each day impacts your entire life, the generations that follow you, and what you do today and every day – affects eternity.  God said He rewards those who diligently seek Him.  That’s why the devil will do anything he can to stop you from PiVAT before dinner and your Daily Call in the morning.  Why is PiVAT so important?  Those four questions transfer ownership of time.  You start walking in Romans 12:1 – presenting your body as a living sacrifice – holy and acceptable unto God – which is your reasonable act of worship.  And when you’re consistent in PIVAT – you become consistent in PRISM - His presence and in His Word.  Your mind is transformed – you start speaking and you start doing what He has planned for you – and thinking like He does.  That first question of PiVAT:  What Do You Need Most From God Today?  He knows! You don’t!  You just think you do.  Matthew 6:8 says your Father knows what you need before you ask Him!  That verse leads into Jesus telling his disciples how to pray – thy kingdom come, thy will be done…  How does His Kingdom come, and His will get done on earth?  You starting do it!  His will for you!  That’s how it begins!  Thy Kingdom come – Kingdom means the King has Dominion, in you.  When you get His plans for your day, what He has purposed for you - for your good – this is the Kingdom coming to earth – it starts with you.  You start obeying His plans – just like the angels obey his commands in heaven.  His Kingdom on earth – just like it is in heaven.  PiVAT question 2:  What is the Number One Thing He Is Telling you To Do Today?  Ask Him - that's the only way you'll know!  His plans are better than yours!  And usually completely the opposite of what seems the right thing to do  - as high as the heavens are above the earth (Isaiah 55:8-9).  When you ask Him this question He will surely tell you – guaranteed.  Jesus said when He left – He would ask the Father to send the Holy Spirit – to lead you in all truth – He will show you things to come - Tomorrow – His plans for you each day is the promise of the Holy Spirit’s work – being fulfilled every day!  The way that seems right – gets replaced by His way that is best for you.  Come now you who say today or tomorrow we will go to this city or that… make a profit.  Those are your plans – but God said you should say – “If the LORD wills – we will do this.”  Isaiah 30:1  God said Woe to those who follow their own plans, not mine.  He said I will lead you in the way you should go – the way best for you.  He will not only tell you the number one thing He has for you to do today – He will tell you the rest of the things that He has for you - too!  He will fill your PiVAT right column with only those things that He has planned for you for today.  The rest are all PiVAT Maybe’s.    PiVAT Question #3  When?  When Is He Telling you To Do It? (the specific time) God doesn’t just tell you what to do, that’s best - He tells you exactly when.  Timing is important!  When David asked God and God told Him to go up against the Philistines – He asked again, and God told Him when!  "When you hear the sound of a wind in the mulberry trees."  If you ask Him, God will lead you step by step – what and when.  And Finally - Question 4:  What did God DO yesterday as your learning to obey – and what did God REVEAL from your PRISM time in His Word.  His Word confirms His will - it helps you understand what He told you to do.  Those five minutes before dinner with Him – not only does He reveal the most important thing, and the only things He wants you to do…  When you obey – He moves.  Things change – you see His hand working.  And PiVAT before dinner reminds you!  You write down His faithfulness to you at night!  It inspires you to finish today strong – doing everything He has told you to do, including rest!  PiVAT before dinner is a daily conversation with God that has a guarantee that the God of all creation will speak to you!   God said if we ask for a piece of bread – He won’t give us a stone, He said if we ask anything according to His will – He hears us - and we have what we have asked of Him.  What could be more ‘asking according to His will’ than “asking Him for His will for you for tomorrow?"  He will surely answer – without finding fault.  If you ask Him for His will for you for tomorrow - He won’t answer you next week!  He will give you what you ask – His will for you tomorrow – the things He has ordained for you to walk in – so that His plans for you – become the reality of your life!  On our Daily Call this morning – Justin shared what God was revealing to Him in his PRISM time yesterday… He said this... “As we walk in PiVAT – you establish our plans day by day – we’ll watch you build something as we learn to walk day by day.  And at the end of my life, I will have walked everywhere that you wanted me to walk."   Praying that PiVAT before dinner – will be your never miss habit.  Where God is just waiting to reveal to you all the good things that He has stored up for you for tomorrow – so you’ll never waste any time on your ways, but will know the joy and blessing and favor of His!  He will teach you His ways – and the specific way that He has chosen for you!  It's so good!  He’ll get the glory – and you’ll get the blessing! 
 
Love you all,
dad