Lean in to your destination
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Intro and Tension
Intro and Tension
Went to Caves with Alexis | Darkness | I had to trust | Light will come on | Maybe that’s you | not sure why you’re where you are | No way out | Today, let’s talk about it.
Week 4 - Series called “Lean in” - Using Analagy of Sky Diver - Great Idea - What do you have to do - Lean - Lean and God will do the rest.
Book of Exodus- Leaving Egypt - Everyone remembers Highlights - Parted Red sea - Leads to unhelpful Comments - What often get’s overlooked, Trials of Moses | Great encouragement .
Week 1 - Lean in | Identity | Different | God
Week 2 - Calling costs | Calling Endures | Patient Endurance
Week 3 - Lean into Deliverance - Rest under blood of lamb
Today - Where you are going
Title: Lean in to your Destination
My Hope: You will build faith, that the flashlight is going to come on | That God will make a way, when there is no way | you will REMEMBER, where, you are going - You will have FAITH and TRUST promises of GOD
**Prayer**
Where are we? Been travelling through Exodus | Learnt about Moses | Burnin Bush | Came back | Hated | Followed God | 9 Plaques | Passover | Now egyptions are fleeing - Everything looks dandy - Little do they know | God about to Shake them | So God gets them out | Institutes Passover | Then tells them, every firstborn they have is God’s - Skip this part, preached last year - but it’s amazing teaching on the Tithe (and it doesn’t even mention money) | Pick up end of chapter 13;
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, “Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.”
*Show Map*
Phillistine Army | Would have got attacked | They wanted shortcut | God says no - What looked like long way was right way |
The only shortcut is obedience to God. God was about to prepare them | Maybe HE is about to prepare you. why?
so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,
They weren’t ready | Maybe you aint ready, for what God’s got for you | So you have God trying to prepare you, and you have Satan trying to pulvarise you - Stay in the game.
**Nadal - Played an AO game hurt - Post Match interview “I just had to keep going** - Just keep moving forward.
Lean in to God’s Direction
And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people.
Smoke used to direct armies (2 mill people), Fire used at night - But more than that - God is saying “I am with you!!” - It was physical representation of God | Cloud = God’s Glory- SHEKINA - Later in exodus rests on tabarnacle - Then temple -Isaiah sees it - Ezekial chapter 10 when it departs from Temple - Can you imagine - Glory of God - Covering you - And still doubting?
Let’s keep reading;
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the people of Israel to turn back and encamp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, in front of Baal-zephon; you shall encamp facing it, by the sea.
Imagine what Moses might be thinking? umm, what? You don’t have to understand the plan, to know God has a purpose. You have to know who God IS, not what HE is DOING.
And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the people of Israel while the people of Israel were going out defiantly. The Egyptians pursued them, all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and his horsemen and his army, and overtook them encamped at the sea, by Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon. When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord.
There are two things happening I want to talk about; God’s Promise + Our Faith = Leaning into them
Look how quickly people lost sight - Faced first big challenge - Not small test mind you - life or death - If the Lord does not do something - They will die - They lift eyes = What do they see? Egyptians on horizon - Dust - Coming toward them - What they have SEEN? God’s Mariculous power -
They are choosing Fear, over Faith, and Fear is a Liar - God is breaking it out of them so they can Lean in to His Promise - Let’s see.
They said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us in bringing us out of Egypt? Is not this what we said to you in Egypt: ‘Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
God promised them to get them to Mt Sinai | God promised them the promise land | It is done | God was just waiting for them to be ready | Some of us - Don’t want to be broken down;
What is God doin? Strippin them of Self-Suffeciency - so he can bring them to reality of dependance.
Like the Isrealites - There is something Valuable in you - God is trying to get out.
Piggy Bank - Shaking, won’t come out - Shake Harder - But sometimes, he has to break you in order to make you
He wants all godo out - He sees you, He knows the gifts that He has given you, but He knows you can not do it - He wants you to Lean on His Promises.
What Promises?
The Promise that what Jesus Christ did on the Cross is enough
And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
Nailed to the Cross!!!
That He has a purpose for you
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
It is finished
When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
Greater is He who is in YOU, than HE Who is in the WORLD - need to lean into promises for Life - So we can Advance kingdom | He has a purpose, would scare you if you knew.
Lean into HIS Promises - Not just promises we need to lean in to - We must lean in to Faith.
Egyption Army running toward them - Pressed on either Side - No where to Go - What does Moses say?
And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”
illustration. Danny
Knowing promises = Faith
Fear + Faith are Mutually Exclusive. One is run by our Father in Heaven. One is run by the Father of Lies. Can not have FEAR and FAITH at SAME TIME.
Constant thread through Bible - Psalm 46:10
“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
This was another time, a massive army was coming and God’s instruciton. Be Still and Know, that I am god. Be Still.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Nimsa Meod - Hebrew for God is all we need, and so much more.
Question; What is coming after you?Estranged Family, Finances, Opposition, Unforgiveness, your Past, Your marriage breakdown, Depression, Anxiety? What is it?
What promise are you doubting?
God has a message for you - Be Still, and know, that I am God - Lean in to my Promises, Goodness, my greatness, my power, my love, my grace, my arms - Lean in to me.
Be still - and let God Accomplish his purpose. Legalism can come in so many ugly shapes and sizes - “I must do something or else” - Opposite of being still - Saying “You gotta do it” - God says “I am gonna do it” and Jesus said “It is finished”.
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
What’s the opposite of Faith? Sight - It’s seeing. What where the egyptions doing? Seeing and forgetting. Let us, have faith and REMEMBER.
When cave went dark - I couldn’t see - I had to have faith, the lady would turn back on the torch.
Lean in to Faith.
So God is here, testing their faith - What happens?
Inspo and Close
Inspo and Close
Then the angel of God who was going before the host of Israel moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them, coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness. And it lit up the night without one coming near the other all night. Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
God made a way, when there was no way - and the Isrealites decided to STEP THROUGH in FAITH cause they KNEW THE PROMISE
Isrealites had to leave through the Water - Knowing - No coming back - No coming back to their place of Fear - Maybe God hasn’t made a way for you, because you aren’t ready to leave behind what you have?
Maybe you’re here - Facing a wall, Fear chasing after you, no where to go - but wiht God - There is always a way!! Maybe this is the day, on this day, you choose FAith
Choose to leave behind what you thought you knew
Leave behind what this world could give you
Leave behind fear and choose faith
Choose to Lean in to the Promises of God
Lean in to the Faith even though you can’t see it, but you’re going to believe it
Maybe God is going to bring something out of you TODAY
Today is the day you take a step in FAITH knowing HIS PROMISE.
All for YOUR GOOD and HIS GLORY and we are going to MARCH TOWARD HIS PROMISES AS A BODY OF BELIEVERS - SOMEONE GIVE GOD SOME PRAISE IN THIS HOUSE.
**prayer**
**Altar Call**