Instinct

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INSTINCT

David had said to his troops, “Whoever is first to attack the Jebusites will become the commander of my armies!” And Joab, the son of David’s sister Zeruiah, was first to attack, so he became the commander of David’s armies. (1 Chronicles 11:6 NLT)

Instinct helps us not lose good opportunities. Joab acted out of instinct and became the next commander.

Experience helps us to develop a sixth sense to make quick and shrewd decisions.

Joab had practiced in past battles and he quickly knew that this was an opportunity he could not miss out on to be the commander of the army.
There are things that God has told us to do, but we have not taken action and lost great opportunities. Other times we have delayed God’s plans for our lives.

Sometimes we don’t act due to fear. We begin to use our own reasoning and we train ourselves using our own logic. But, there are things that we only need to do by faith, intuition, and obedience to God and He will surprise us with the results.

A baseball batter doesn’t have time to make calculations. He does not have the luxury of measuring the 3-inch ball coming at 80-90 miles per hour. He can’t even wait to watch if the ball will make it into his corner or in the center of the plate.

The retina takes 1/5 of a second to transmit an image to the brain. If the batter waits to do all this, then the ball would pass him. Champion baseball players use their instinct to see where the ball will go. Of course, that instinct is not automatic, but it has to be developed with practice and discipline.

For example, the champion George Shuba practiced after his job and would bat 600 times every night, 4200 every week. He did this for 15 years. It wasn’t a coincidence.

We need to pray as if everything depended on God, but we also need to work as if everything depended on us.

Daily practice develops instinct. Daily prayer develops anointing and relationship with God.

There are things we need to do by instinct, but we have delayed it because of fear or reasoning, and ultimately delayed God’s plans or lost great opportunities that will not return.

David had said to his troops, “Whoever is first to attack the Jebusites will become the commander of my armies!” And Joab, the son of David’s sister Zeruiah, was first to attack, so he became the commander of David’s armies. (1 Chronicles 11:6 NLT)

Think about it:

What is something God has already told you to do and you have delayed them?
What is something God has already told you to stop doing?
What is something you know you need to change, but you have resisted?