Are you ready, Willing, And Able to be used for the master YAHUAH

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Are You Ready, Willing, And Able?
I’m sure the phrase “ready, willing, and able” is one you have heard countless times. By it we mean
we are prepared to face anything we have to face, willing to do anything we need to do, and are
equipped to perform any task. Noble goals. Are we in fact ready, willing, and able as Hebrew Israelites
believers?
Are you ready?
The most important thing to be ready for in our service to the King of Kings is in the area of salvation.
If Yahusha Messiah came back today, would you be ready to go to Shamayim = Heaven with Him?
Are your garments spotless, are they white as snow, are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
John the Baptist’s mission was to prepare the way of the Messiah Yahusha, to preach repentance and
faith, to preach the Besorah (Gospel) that saves. Luke 1:17 And he shall go before Him in the spirit
and power of Eliyahu, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the
wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for Yahusha Messiah..
The ten virgins were waiting for the Savior Yahusha return, but some of them weren’t ready. Some
of them did not place personal faith in the Saviour, believing in Yahusha Yahusha’s death for their
sins, His burial, and His physical resurrection. When Yahusha comes again, will you be ready?
Matthew 25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in
with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
I have found six ways that the child of YAHUAH can be ready to serve Yahusha Messiah:
1) Ready to live for Yahusha:
a) By resisting temptation:
Matthew 24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Mark 14:38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is
weak.
b) By dealing with disobedience in our own lives:
2 Corinthians 10:6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is
fulfilled.
2) Ready to search the Scriptures daily, and to study it diligently (2 Timothy 2:15):
Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all
readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Ezra 7:6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which
Yahuah YAHUAH of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand
of Yahuah his YAHUAH upon him.
3) Ready to do good works and contribute to the needs of the saints:
2 Corinthians 8:11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so
there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
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2 Corinthians 9:5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before
unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be
ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
1 Timothy 6:18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to
communicate.
Titus 3:1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready
to every good work.
4) Ready to fight (as Israelites, our fight is spiritual, against spiritual forces of wickedness and
darkness):
1 Chronicles 12:24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight
hundred, ready armed to the war.
5) Ready to be a witness and share the Besorah:
1 Peter 3:15 But sanctify YAHUAH in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every
man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear.
Romans 1:15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the besorah to you that are at Rome
also. Psalm 45:1 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made
touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
6) Ready to die for Yahuah:
2 Timothy 4:6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
Luke 22:33 And he said unto Him, Lord, I am ready to go with Thee, both into prison, and to death. I
fully believe that if we intend to be faithful to Yahuah and perhaps die for Him someday, then we will
need to be faithful and live for Him right now, day by day. If you won’t live for Yahusha savior, I
guarantee you will never die for Him! You may be killed by someone, but it won’t be as a martyr,
unless you are killed for your testimony of Yahusha.
Are you ready, my friend?
Are you willing?
This one is simple: are you willing to serve Yahuah? Do you have a desire to please Him in all you
do? Or are you doing the things you want to do in your own life, regardless of whether that is
YAHUAH’s will for you or not? While there is much in the Word of YAHUAH regarding His will
for our lives, I will focus only on the passages that deal with our will in serving Him.
Again, the first requirement is salvation. John 1:12-13 But as many as received Him, to them gave He
power to become the sons of YAHUAH, even to them that believe on His name: Which were born, not
of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of YAHUAH. It isn’t your will-power
that gets you into Heaven, but your faith in Yahusha Messiah and the way of salvation He offers.
After you receive Yahusha as your Saviour, you need to choose to give Him yourself, your life, your
all, if you ever hope to be used by Him, to bear fruit for His kingdom. Romans 12:1-2 is an excellent
passage stating that in light of all that Yahusha has done to save us, it is only our reasonable service
to give our lives back to Him; and as we do so, we are able to discern Yahuah’s perfect will for our
lives. It all comes down to first giving ourselves to Yahuah to do His will. See also 2 Corinthians 8:1-
5.
There are so many things to learn in our walk as Israelites. Where do we start? So many of
YAHUAH’s children get discouraged by the myriad opinions of others (on various subjects such as
Bible Versions, which church is right, what type of music to listen to, what type of clothing to wear,
etc.) that they decide they can’t determine YAHUAH’s will or leading in these areas. But the Word
of YAHUAH gives us a sure promise in John 7:17 If any man will do His will, he shall know of the

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doctrine, whether it be of YAHUAH, or whether I speak of Myself. If we choose to do YAHUAH’s
will, He will reveal it to us! (See also James 1:5) This will involve Bible study and prayer, as well
as an obedient heart that puts into practice all that it learns. If you won’t obey what you already know,
don’t expect Yahuah to give you more guidance.
The Bible teaches that Yahusha is our example. When He was going through the darkest time of His
ministry on earth, what did He do? He prayed in the garden of Gethsemane, and truly submitted to
His Heavenly Father’s will, even though it meant His own cruel death on the cross to pay for our sins.
Luke 22:42 Saying, Father, if Thou be willing, remove this cup from Me: nevertheless not My will,
but Thine, be done.
John 4:34 Yahusha saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of Him that sent Me, and to finish His
work.
John 5:30 I can of Mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and My judgment is just; because I
seek not Mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent Me.
John 6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me.
Hebrews 10:7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of Me,) to do Thy will,
O YAHUAH.
Matthew 12:50 For whosoever shall do the will of My Father which is in heaven, the same is My
brother, and sister, and mother.
Mark 8:34-35 And when He had called the people unto Him with His disciples also, He said unto
them, Whosoever will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For
whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for My sake and the
besorah's, the same shall save it.
Matthew 20:26-27 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him
be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant.
It is not enough merely to be ready, we must be willing from the heart.
Ephesians 6:6-7 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Yahusha, doing the will
of YAHUAH from the heart; With good will doing service, as to Yahuah, and not to men.
A true willingness is followed by action.
2 Corinthians 8:11-12 Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so
there may be a performance also out of that which ye have. For if there be first a willing mind, it is
accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
Let’s live our lives in such a way that we please the Master YAHUAH. May YAHUAH look at us the
way He looked at King David. Acts 13:22 …I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after Mine
own heart, which shall fulfil all My will.
Two other passages that you may want to read are: Matthew 21:28-32 and Luke 7:41-43.
Are you willing, my friend?
Are you able?
This last section sums up this study: Are you able to serve Yahuah and to do His will in your life?
(Our main problem is not so much that we aren’t able, but for the most part aren’t willing.) Where do
you get the ability and strength to perform all that He wants you to do?
The answer is simple, yet profound: our sufficiency is in Yahusha. The Bible teaches that we are
complete in Yahusha, and without Him we can do nothing. (Colossians 2:10 and John 15:4-5)

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2 Corinthians 2:15-16 says For we are unto YAHUAH a sweet savour of Yahusha, in them that are
saved, and in them that perish: To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the
savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
The answer is clearly found in the next chapter (3:5-6): Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think
any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of YAHUAH; Who also hath made us able ministers
of the new testament…
Yahusha is the source of our strength (2 Corinthians 12:9), our source for boundless grace (1
Corinthians 15:10), our source for victory (Romans 8:37 and 1 Corinthians 15:57), and, in fact, we
find in Him all we need for our Yahushaian lives and service.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Yahusha which strengtheneth me.
Let Yahuah have His perfect way in your life, and then you will be ready, willing, and able. He will
make you what He will have you to be.
Philippians 2:13 For it is YAHUAH which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
Are you able, my friend?
No… but Yahusha Messiah!
Study written May 12th, 2002
By Jerry Bouey
Eagle's Wings Ministries
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