Marching In Preparation

GA and Marvelous Monday. Brand new week. Brand new attitude. The past is the past. The future is unlimited. As we continue in the month of March In based on Joshua 3:-7-10 and Mark 11:7-10 earlier this month I was sent on a security detail to watch a conference area in a hotel in downtown Chicago. I thought I was going to be able to sit there in peace and do my homework. Well when I got there to relieve the person who had been there before me I was shocked to find that there were men working on some doors on the conference area that I had to watch. The men were taking the door off the hinges to make sure the doors were exactly level and did not squeak as they opened and closed. I thought this was a bit much but the hotel wanted to make sure that nothing was wrong for the group that was coming for the conference. The hotel was Marching In Preparation. As I get into this teaching of Marching In Preparation I go to my source of definitions and that is Dictionary.com and look up the word preparation. It means as follows; a measure to prepare for something; any
experience considered preparing for the future; and something manufactured. The hotel was taking measures to prepare the guests as we as Christians should. The hotel was getting ready a experience being considered for the future as we Christians should. And the hotel was manufacturing something as we as believers of God should do as well.  In looking in the Word of God for Marching In Preparation I go Mark 1: 1-4. John the Baptist was sent to prepare the way for Jesus. His sole purpose was to make things better for when Jesus came into his ministry.
The hotel continued to take measures that night to make sure they were prepared for the conventioneers by sending a cleaning crew to make sure the area was clean for the guest. They were Marching In Preparation.
In looking at the Word of God again to continue Marching In Preparation and I go Mark 1:5-8. In this passage John went out into the wilderness to begin his experience of something considered for the future. After the cleaning crew
a little later you had men who were beginning to bring the plates and glasses that would be used by those going to the convention. They were Marching In Preparation.
In the looking in the Word of God to find the final example of Marching In Preparation I go to Mark 1:9-11. In this passage Jesus comes to John to be baptized and to receive the Holy Spirit. This was the purpose for John the Baptist. The
hotel then begin to bring the pastries, the yogurts, the bread and the things that the those coming to the convention could have something manufactured especially for them. They were Marching In Preparation.
In closing as the hotel prepared for this convention we as a people of God should be Marching In Preparation. We need to have measures to prepare the areas of business, government, and religion that we are Marching In to change these areas for the kingdom of God. We need to provide an experience that can be considered for the future as we are Marching In  areas such as arts and entertainment and families for the kingdom of God. And we need to manufacture excitement in the areas of social media and education as we Marching In for the kingdom of God. Preparations means you are prepared. A convention goer came down at 5am and was pleased how things looked. The hotel had Marched In Preparation as we a believers of God should do, can do and will do. I give God all the glory and honor for this teaching and may God bless all those who may read this and those connected to them as well.


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