MOS533

Don’t talk about it, be about it.

Don’t talk about it, be about it.

A cliche term i used plenty of times. What is it? …. IT.

it¹ /it/

pronoun

1. 1.used to refer to a thing previously mentioned or easily identified.

Easily identified… previously mentioned….

What is it then? We are chasing it. We are seeking it. it is something. it is nothing. it is life. it is death. it is…. well… relative. or is it absolute. it is easily identifiable. it is previously mentioned.

i began thinking about it… How many times is ‘it’ written in the bible?

Around 846 times. i began thinking about phrases with ‘it’ in them.

Probably the most powerful… ‘it is finished’.

“Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.”

James 1:15

‘it is finished’-(ἀποτελέω) to perfect; to bring quite to an end: accomplish.

When lust concieves, sin is birthed and when it is perfected, ended and accomplished, it brings forth death.

‘it is finshed’… Dont talk but be about … ‘it’…? Death…?

Death is what we have to look forward to when IT is finished..?

“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.“

John 19:30

‘it is finished’- (Τετέλεσται) To complete, to finish, to fulfill, to accomplish.

Again… DEATH? IT is DEATH? He bowed His head and died. Everything/Nothing/Something is death? ‘IT’=Death?

One ‘it is finsihed’ is the completion of sin bringing forth death.

The second ‘it is finished’ is the completion of the prophecy of death that brings forth life.

Through His death, we are made alive.

“ I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.“

Galations 2:20

IT is life for us that are dead in Christ.

Don’t talk about life, be about life.

Is what you are doing today bringing forth life? Are you making conscious calculated intentional decisions to bring forth life today? Are you directing your family to follow life today? Are you being about life today?

Choose It. Choose Life.

Choose it. Choose Life.

“I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life…” – Deuteronomy 30:19

If we’re not intentional, we’ll walk through life talking about it without ever defining it — or worse, chasing the wrong it.

So ask yourself:

• Is what I’m doing today producing life?
• Am I making decisions that breathe life into my family, my community, my calling?
• Am I choosing it — the real it?

Because at the end of the day, it is more than a word.
It is a direction.
It is a choice.
It is a Person.
It is Life.

Don’t talk about it. Be about it.

-AS