Don’t allow next to hijack now - Chapter 11

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Don’t allow next to hijack now

Chapter 11

“Learn to appreciate what you have before time makes you appreciate what you had.”
Ziad K. Abdelnour

A hijack: is something that has been illegally seized taken over or taken control of.
The Lord has A plan and purpose for each of our lives. In our life transitional change whether
expected or unexpected, it is necessary that we heed to the process of next-ing because every
step has a purpose and it is important. God is Cautioning us, to not be distracted by our next,
not allowing It to hijack our now!!! (The previous Chapter 10) And that’s why it is important to
lean back into God as he is leaning into us warning us to be alert and aware of all the
distractions, from people and even ourselves, life circumstances and situations, that can arise
while we’re in our now! (Our next must not come at the expense of our now! pg. 127)

Impatient: Is lack of patience; intolerance of or irritability, frustration, inability to
wait.
 When we are impatient with our now! can provoke you to rush into your
next prematurely.pg.125 Bishop Quoted.
Question 1: Have you ever been impatient While in your Now? And if so, how
did it impact your next?
James 1:2-4 MSG
Being impatient causes us to neglect some important and necessary steps for our
now!
Neglect means: fail to care for properly, to give little attention to, or to disregard
altogether, It’s the absence of something happening. Pg.128

Here Are the most common forms of neglect:
1. Lack of fulfilling your responsibilities: (most obvious and avert form) When
people refuse to fulfill their agreed upon responsibilities Because they no
longer want to, this is neglect

2. Emotional/ psychological abandonment: when people hear the word
abandonment, they usually think about being physically left behind but this
is not the only form of abandonment emotional abandonment occurs when people are physically present but emotionally absent. They are there but not there

3. Making now a low priority: When people make what is next more
important than what is now. People choose to focus on what they deem to
be most important.

4. Not feeling heard nor seen: When people tend to look past or purposefully
Ignore what is currently going on in their current reality

Question 2. Have ever been in any of these forms of neglect? If so, please explain?
Ways we can respond in our life transitions while in our Now!
 Being responsible and aware of how we spend our time in our now, by
walking in wisdom and redeeming the time (EPH. 5: 15-16 NKJV), this will
allow us to go into our next maturely not immaturely!
 Don’t Neglect, ignore, overlook, or disregard those things that must be
done now! Before going to your next… complete that assignment
 seek God’s guidance in prayer/word to help us live each day for him.
 Make the most of opportunities by being intentional looking to do good
and bring glory to God.
 Live wisely walking in the wisdom and holiness and resist sin.

***Don’t Regret not using your time wisely, or have resentment because you
didn’t, and you think you should be further along than you are…
*** The boredom with our now is not our next beckoning us forward, but it could
be the details that we have neglected to address in our now, piling up in our
minds and hearts creating restlessness that we would like to pass off as next.
When we are irresponsible with our duties in our now, undone projects and
unfinished chores Don’t magically disappear. They get reorganized in an already
crowded room where eventually we feel life is closing in on us and we scream
next! so we can move on, that is not next-ing… I’m grateful that while in my now
God is helping me to get some things done, I’m decluttering (remove)and
uncluttering (Tidy up) that I had been neglecting to do.

Luke: 17:11-19 (MSG) As we look at this Passage… (his healing was Now! current
reality)

Question 3. Ask yourself, what is my current reality? How can I be transparent
in my current reality?
Examples: Physical- Body/Health…, Mental-Mind…, Financial-stewardship…,
Social-Relationships/Business/Market Place…,
Spiritually-Prayer/Ministry/My walk with God…

Ingratitude- lack of gratitude or lack of appreciation for kindness or especially a
gift received. Biblically definition: ingratitude is a rejection of God.
Pg. 126 The venom of ingratitude can cause you to miss out on all that God
wanted to do in your now to help you get the full benefits of your next…
Pg.127 Discontent- When we are discontent with our now, don’t go jumping into
something else and call it your next! (BEING BUSY)
There is a process that must take place we can’t skip over steps, jump into
something else or think that it is not important, but it is crucial to your next. God
is not a half job God, He does things in excellence and in order, and he always has
us in mind to bring us to an expected end.

Take Aways
Galatians 5:25 (MSG) This is ACTION, EXPERIENCE, WALKING IT OUT, IN OUR
DAILY LIVES

 Remember what God did for you in your now
 Showing gratitude, gratefulness and thankfulness in your now to receive
all the benefits God has for your next.
 Having a Consistent and Healthy Prayer life
 Resist the distractions of next, focus on your now
 Restoration-making self-care your priority

ADD PART 2 Takeaways in the book.