Organize Yourselves

The scriptures tell us - Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing, and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God.

Today I want to chat a bit about a couple of these things and how they relate to being prepared.

First off, they tell us right up front, organize yourselves and prepare every needful thing.  A couple of keywords - Organize Yourselves, Prepare Every Needful Thing - okay well they are all key in this instance.  We, ourselves, need to get our lives organized.  

Organize definition - arrange into a structured whole; order  OR make arrangements or preparations for (an event or activity); coordinate.

 So with using that definition of organize then we should be looking at getting our lives arranged into a structured order, one that functions smoothly.  We should be making arrangements or preparations for our lives, in any forseen or unforseen events that may happen.  We should be coordinating our lives with what God would have us do for our lives.

Next part.....prepare every needful thing.  

Prepare definition - make (something) ready for use or consideration  OR lead up to by means of preparation

Needful definition -necessary; requisite  OR  needed or necessary

 Prepare every needful thing then means - we should be making every aspect of our lives ready for use, or every aspect of our lives should be being prepared for whatever it is that we should be preparing for, which is everything that is needed, or necessary.  

What are the needful things in your life?  What is it that you should be preparing for?  I suggest perhaps that you look at this from all angles to see just what it is that is necessary or needed in your life, and prepare for it, for any event, whether or not you can forsee this event happening, create a plan, get organized for it, prepare for it, then IF or WHEN it happens, you will be ready.  It won't throw your family into a whirlwind, because your will have organized and prepared every possible thing that will be needed.

I know it can seem like so much work.  Where do you even start?  Start by answering a few questions, and when you find the answers, act upon the answers.

What parts of my life need to be organized and prepared for?  Am I spiritually, emotionally, and physically ready for.......?  If not, what can I do to get prepared?  

If you are looking at possible ways to become spiritually more prepared for what lies ahead, perhaps I could suggest going to this link and watching these couple of talks.  Have a pen and paper handy, because you will want to take notes, not only on what they are saying, but what your promptings are as you listen.  

If you need to get more prepared in physical needs, such as health, food, clothing, etc, then perhaps look around at this blog a little bit more and see what you can find to help with that journey.  I have lots of information here on how you can go and do that.  Check out my 52 weeks to preparedness in the sidebar.  Check out the labels of posts a bit further down and find helpful advice on how to get more physically prepared.

Whatever areas of your life you need to work on, I urge you to just go and get it done.  Time is a precious commodity right now my friends, let's not waste what little bit of it we have left to prepare, for I am worried that soon, some preparations may be out of our hands.