Ready or Not

Day 1 – Ready or Not

Do you remember playing hide and seek as a kid? That anxious feeling that would twirl in your stomach as you waited to be found.

I bet you also remember how the seeker would count and after “1” would say: “Ready or NOT! Here I come!”

Maybe you hadn’t found your favorite spot yet, but you knew in that moment you had to hide! It wasn’t about the perfect spot—it was about springing to action.

Ready or not — it is time for you to live missionally.

I know you want to make excuse after excuse to justify why you don’t need to be tasked with this endeavor. You want to explain why you need to learn more, know more, and live more like Jesus before you can be a “witness.”

That’s you talking, not God.

In fact, we see in Mark 5 that Jesus sends a man who is freshly converted straight into action sharing the truth.

Mark 5:19–20

19 And he did not permit him but said to him, “Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” 20 And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.

Ready or not — here I come!

What if being ready is simply about being willing?

One thought to consider today:

What if the most important thing God needs from you right now is not more knowledge, but simply your willingness to be available?

One Action Step:

Write down one sentence about what Jesus has done for you recently (mercy, peace, forgiveness, help). Practice saying it out loud once today—prepare your heart to share it naturally when the moment comes.