Real Purpose: Availability is Capability
Real Purpose:
Availability Is Capability
Pastor Charlie Weir
Availability is Capability in the Hands of God. Your Yes is a Gateway to Real Purpose.
Two common synonyms for availability are accessible and convenience.
Two not so common synonyms are readiness, capableness.
Readiness adds a prepared state to accessibility.
Capableness adds an equipped state convenience.
Availability is Capability in the Hands of God. Your Yes is a Gateway to Real Purpose.
Psalm 23… The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 6 Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
John 10:7-13 7 Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. 9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved They will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. 11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So, when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Matthew 9:35-38 35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. 38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”
Availability is Capability in the Hands of God. Your Yes is a Gateway to Real Purpose.
Fresh Starts, Great Friends, Real Purpose.
Matthew 5:11-12 11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me [because of my markers on you]. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Matthew 5:13 13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
Matthew 5:14 14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
Good deeds, done in His name and sourced by His power and provision can’t be hidden and their impact can’t be diminished!
Context is Everything
1. You have a personal sphere of influence (PSI).
2. You have a personal local church.
3. You have a personal community parish.
1. Who you are around matters. You matter to those whom you are around!
2. Who you worship with matters. You matter to those with whom you worship!
3. Where you do life matters. Your life matters to where you do life.
Colossians 4:2-6 2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. 3 And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. 4 Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. 5 Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. 6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
An “availability” prayer from this passage…
· Pray for open doors.
· Pray for proclamation clarity.
· Pray for relational wisdom.
· Pray for an abundance of grace & a measure of salt.
Availability is Capability in the Hands of God. Your Yes is a Gateway to Real Purpose.