Just picture the delivery room at a hospital. The expectant mom has been in labor for a few hours and all signs are good for a healthy delivery and birth of a newborn. The baby is just about ready to appear, when suddenly there is a faint sound of singing. It’s an old Rock And Roll song. The mom gives one more push and to her amazement, and to the astonishment of the others in the room, the new baby arrives singing the Fat’s Domino song, “Well I’m ready, I’m willing and I’m able to rock and roll all night.”
Championship bouts in Boxing always begin with “Let’s get ready to rumble.” Every day in life is a championship bout. It’s all about being ready. It’s all about being willing. And most importantly, it’s all about being able to fight the good fight. Let’s look at it in three parts. Today it’s all about “Ready”.
Who’s really ready? I love watching the extraordinary movements and actions of a new baby as she evolves in life. Always thinking, always learning, always so fully reacting to everything around. Smiling, laughing, crying, speaking a real word, taking a first step, looking brilliant to those who love her. Genetically and environmentally influenced to grow in stature and inherently predisposed to becoming a living, working, purposeful individual. Ready to rumble through early childhood, adolescence, teenage and young adulthood, and Ready to rock and roll through the night and days of adulthood. . .or so I thought. The rigors of living made me punch drunk and I lost by a knockout in the tenth round. It was only then that I discovered that God has a special place in His heart for a palooka (an inferior or average prize fighter). . . and He remakes them is His own image. He enables them to do all things.
“For we are God’s own handiwork, His workmanship; recreated with a new heart that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us; taking the paths which He prepared ahead of time enabling us to walk in them; living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us.” This is the only exception to the rule, “If it’s too good to be true, it’s too Good to be true.” The entire lives of the sheep of His flock are prearranged and made ready by the Creator. He is always, “at the ready” enabling them in a moment, to live the Good Life, to fight the Good fight and puts them in possession of a Faith that moves mountains. He is the their Source of Power. He is their Essence of Readiness. “I can do all things through Him Who gives me strength”.
He is their Strength to Love, their Strength to forgive, their Strength to be patient, their Strength to be wise, their Strength to be self-controlled, their Strength to be a Dad, their Strength to be a Mom, their Strength to be a Friend, their Strength to fight the Good fight. A Divine, Infinite Resource. They are made Ready to rock and roll all night. . .and day.
Tomorrow, God “willing”.
A Good Moment 