A truthful statement

We need to understand this great secret. We need to grab hold of this. It will be a great help to you in the everyday bread and butter issues of your life.
How we behave in a crisis or a dilemma is determined by what we do the rest of our time.
Did you get that?
When the heat is on and we find our backs to the wall, how we react will be determined according to what we do all the other moments in our lives.
I think this illustration can be used for sports competitors - rugby, football, whatever team sport you care to speak of. The players' spontaneous reactions on the field are determined, if they are a professional sports person, according to what they were trained to do in practice. So in the heat of the moment they will behave as they have been programmed to behave in such a situation. Now if they go into the match cold without any training, or missing the nights with the boys in the cold and in the ice when there's no glory, when there is no praise, no cups, no matches to win, their own reactions will come out according to their emotional reflexes. The same with a soldier, they are trained in the heat of the battle to behave in a certain way, and that comes out - why? - because it has been put in at great pains with high discipline.
So what determines how you spontaneously react in a crisis is what you do every other day of your life.
When you're faced with a dilemma and you don't know what decision to make, and the decision you have to make has to be made quickly - it's too late trying to prepare for the crisis when you find yourself in the middle of it! You mightn't have time to fall on your knees and pray. You mightn't have time to get your concordance and see what God's Word has to say in such a circumstance. But if you are channeling the word and wisdom of God into your heart day and night, moment by moment, month by month, year by year, the Holy Spirit brings it out when you need it - in a split second, in that moment!
Active wisdom is always spontaneous. I love this, because so many of us are so willing to pass the buck - 'Oh, I couldn't make that decision on my own, I would have to consult somebody else over that' - or passively, we're willing to wait for someone else maybe to come along and save us. We need to act quickly and decisively. Lets ask the Lord to help us spend more time meditating His word.