Chasing The Present

What is the purpose of Jesus?

To embody and demonstrate what Love is with His life.

To glorify Love and to Manifest who Love is.

As His bride our purpose is to glorify and manifest Love.

Now you are uniquely made in the image of God and only you can demonstrate and manifest Father in that unique way.

If you can not fulfill your purpose for all eternity then you do not know your purpose yet.

“We discover purpose because of His presence with us.”

We simply need to ask Father.

Activation:

Jesus, would you forgive us for missing out on yours and our purpose?

Jesus would you show me my purpose?

Would you show me how you want me to demonstrate and manifest You?

Chasing The Present.

The unmarried want to find someone to be with.

The married wish it was just themselves it would be so much easier.

The young cant wait to be old enough.

The old wish they were young again.

The poor wish they could be rich.

The rich wish they had the peace from when they had nothing.

The people who dont have work wish they had a job.

The people who have work wish they could be on permanent vacation…

There are a lot of things happening in your life trying to stop you from being present with Jesus.

Today we learn some ways to be present in life and with Jesus

My time in worship a few weeks ago and then the next Sunday.

Peter walking on water

Matthew 14:22–33 (NASB95)

22 Immediately He made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side, while He sent the crowds away. 23 After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone. 24 But the boat was already a long distance from the land, battered by the waves; for the wind was contrary. 25 And in the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea. 26 When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out in fear. 27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.” 28 Peter said to Him, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.” 29 And He said, “Come!” And Peter got out of the boat, and walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30 But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!” 31 Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?” 32 When they got into the boat, the wind stopped. 33 And those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “You are certainly God’s Son!”

The wind speaks of opposition.

When they said its a ghost and cried out in fear.

It is often the things we make up in our minds that bring us fear and keep us from being present with Jesus.

Jesus said take courage. He did not give it to them.

It takes courage to be present.

You can not be present if you focus on what is against you.

Looking at the opposition or what is against you make you doubt.

When Jesus got in the boat the wind stopped.

When we let Jesus be in our every moment, doubt and fear leave.

Play kids video of Naaman

In the Naaman story all the ones who struggled in the story were ones who were focused on what was not happening they way they wanted or on what could be happening. The wind

Then they got present and did what they were being led to do.

The king let Naaman go to Elisha

Naaman listened to his solder to go dip in the water seven times.

That same story continues with Elisha’s servant going and getting money and cloths from Naaman and then he ends up with leprosy.

The only one who loses in this story is the one who could not be satisfied with what was instructed.

How do we get present?

First Love experiences

Being led by Jesus in the moment.

Being grateful for what is.

Being grateful for what you have overcome.

Being grateful towards Jesus for …

Being grateful that Jesus will be there in the future.

Closing:

There are a lot of things happening in your life trying to stop you from being present with Jesus.

It takes courage to be present.

You can not be present if you focus on what is against you.

Letting Jesus in our live (boat) empowers us to be present.

How do we get present?

Being led by Jesus in the moment.

Being grateful for what is.

Being grateful for what you have overcome.

Being grateful towards Jesus for …

Being grateful that Jesus will be there in the future.

Activation:

Where am I focused on opposition instead of Jesus?

Jesus, would you get in the boat with me and guide me?

What am I grateful for?

Other Resources

2 Kings 5 NASB95

1 Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man with his master, and highly respected, because by him the Lord had given victory to Aram. The man was also a valiant warrior, but he was a leper. 2 Now the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken captive a little girl from the land of Israel; and she waited on Naaman’s wife. 3 She said to her mistress, “I wish that my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his leprosy.” 4 Naaman went in and told his master, saying, “Thus and thus spoke the girl who is from the land of Israel.” 5 Then the king of Aram said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” He departed and took with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold and ten changes of clothes. 6 He brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, “And now as this letter comes to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may cure him of his leprosy.” 7 When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man is sending word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? But consider now, and see how he is seeking a quarrel against me.” 8 It happened when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent word to the king, saying, “Why have you torn your clothes? Now let him come to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.” 9 So Naaman came with his horses and his chariots and stood at the doorway of the house of Elisha. 10 Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh will be restored to you and you will be clean.” 11 But Naaman was furious and went away and said, “Behold, I thought, ‘He will surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper.’ 12 “Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage. 13 Then his servants came near and spoke to him and said, “My father, had the prophet told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?” 14 So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child and he was clean. 15 When he returned to the man of God with all his company, and came and stood before him, he said, “Behold now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel; so please take a present from your servant now.” 16 But he said, “As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will take nothing.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused. 17 Naaman said, “If not, please let your servant at least be given two mules’ load of earth; for your servant will no longer offer burnt offering nor will he sacrifice to other gods, but to the Lord. 18 “In this matter may the Lord pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon your servant in this matter.” 19 He said to him, “Go in peace.” So he departed from him some distance. 20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought, “Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Aramean, by not receiving from his hands what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and take something from him.” 21 So Gehazi pursued Naaman. When Naaman saw one running after him, he came down from the chariot to meet him and said, “Is all well?” 22 He said, “All is well. My master has sent me, saying, ‘Behold, just now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothes.’ ” 23 Naaman said, “Be pleased to take two talents.” And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags with two changes of clothes and gave them to two of his servants; and they carried them before him. 24 When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand and deposited them in the house, and he sent the men away, and they departed. 25 But he went in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” And he said, “Your servant went nowhere.” 26 Then he said to him, “Did not my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money and to receive clothes and olive groves and vineyards and sheep and oxen and male and female servants? 27 “Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever.” So he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.