Contributing At The Pivotal Point
by Jeffrey Aguilar

A Convergence of Events
Of all the plans we make for accomplishing our goals, the real determining factor to our success seems to hinge on learning to make right choices. Life is made up of countless practice moments that repeat until we reach the pivotal point and instinctively know the best path to take for reaching our destiny.

“Behold, the man has become like one us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat and live forever.” Genesis 3:22

God never finished this thought because He refused to curse what He made. Instead He creates a gap in time as a miraculous moment or holy instant that allows humanity to enter the “now” of God. Man’s history begins as a gap in eternity—a space in time that stresses the significant agreement and convergence of events to fulfill His plan and destiny for our lives.

Choices Shape Our Character and Define Our Purpose
God does great feats in and through men who recognize defining moments and courageously choose to stand in righteousness. If we learn to recognize these moments for their potential, then we likewise will learn to transcend time by the choices we make. We cannot remain imprisoned by our thoughts, but rather we must not forget or become ignorant to the truth that we have freedom to choose how we respond or react in every situation.

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Victor Frankl – Holocaust Survivor

The Breaking Point – When Matter Changes Form
It is at the breaking point that our spirit resonates with God and we become one with Him in purpose. Usually a breaking point deals with the deliverance from a particular fear that had rule in our life. Fearlessness is an awesome liberator because it allows us to progress into a higher dimension of God’s manifestation no longer captive to the things that once controlled us. A sudden advance in knowledge or proficiency is called a breakthrough—a moment in time that radically alters our perception. It is an instant awakening that is not gained by accumulated knowledge or practiced skills but it comes by breaking through the shadowy veil into more light. The spiritual realm has always existed, but it was at that precise moment that we were able to overcome the opposition and hindrance—stepping through the barrier of the natural to walk in the supernatural Kingdom of God. Something changes in our future by what we seized at that moment in time and the connection empowers us, catapulting us into a new realm of existence to think and behave differently.

A breakthrough moment actually brings us to our purpose—bringing an understanding of how we are to better function in the will of God. What we need for a successful breakthrough is already prepared for us and awaits manifestation. We can cite many turning points in our life—events, situations or words that changed the course of our lives. Yet it is the inclusion of everything that ever happened to us that leads up to a pivotal point. It literally connects our function and purpose to our destiny. A breakthrough moment advances our purpose but a pivotal point is the juncture in time that stands out as connecting us to destiny. Our entire life was to bring us to this moment and with this one step we cross the threshold of time to walk in our eternal destiny.

Our Pivotal Point
When we look at the present economic trouble of our country, we can’t help but see the parallels in scripture.

“Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.” Exodus 41:34-36

Many times we mistake social and economic trouble as a sign of degradation and ruin of all that God has created. But we must see it as the greatest opportunity for the church to thrive and be blessed. Let us not look at our present situation with a pessimistic outlook, but rather use it as an occasion for God to reveal His power enabling the church to further propagate the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Joseph was favored among men because his vision surpassed the foreseeable strife that was to come. Our vision must exceed the gloomy social viewpoint of the world in order to arrive at the critical point we have come to. It is a time to bring into the storehouse for the benefit of all. God uses a natural occurrence to bring a spiritual breakthrough. This significant juncture in time may very well be the pivotal point that hinges the restoration of all things as Ezekiel prophesied in the valley of dry bones. Let us choose to fulfill purpose, fully aware of the pivotal point which is our destiny to fearlessly advance as one mighty army in Christ!