Prodigal Son Transformation With Kyle IdlemanSample

“ACTION – Time to Get Up”

Action is where a lot of us get stuck. We know what needs to be done, we have stepped out onto the platform, but we just can’t move. It’s one thing to have the awakening and even to be honest about what we need to do. It’s another thing entirely to take the leap. In Luke 15:20 we read the simple phrase that changed the story of the Prodigal Son. Jesus simply said, “So he got up…”

He took immediate action. He recognized that it was time to get up. It was time to do something. And unless our story reads, “So he got up,” or “So she got up,” then nothing really changes.

This is where AHA stalls out for so many of us. We have an awakening moment, we even find the strength to be brutally honest, but we never get around to actually doing anything different. We spend much of our lives stuck between honesty and action.

You might be reading this and thinking, “I agree with you, but I just don’t feel like doing anything about it.”

It may sound a little cold, or perhaps a bit trite; however, the truth is we need to obey God even when we don’t feel like it. When we obey God even without the motivation to do so, our feelings will eventually catch up with our actions.

Look back at your game plan for the changes you need to make. You’ve probably made the list before, whether on paper or in your mind, and you know what they are. Identify the first step, just like the Prodigal Son did when he pointed out, “I will go home and say to my father…” He knew what he needed to do, and he carried it out. Find your first step and act on it now, whether or not you want to. And you may find that along the road, with God’s help, actions that at first seem artificial can become authentic.

* Have you been awakened, and honest with yourself, but then not gone through with the necessary action? What is the first step you can take to begin that action?