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Chasing The Lion
Expanding your vision
Courage to go after your vision
Training and preparation for your vision
Then you become a great business person
Then you become a famous athlete
Then you become a successful pastor of a big church
Then you achieve whatever your personal goal/dream is
What if there is failure between here and your goal
“We live in a culture that idolizes success and demonizes failure.
(gold medal vrs silver or bronze)
But in God’s kingdom the outcome isn’t the issue.
Success isn’t winning or losing; it’s obeying”
Attempting to achieve your goal is the winning part in God
God may want you to succeed to show how success can be handled with Godly humility and generosity
or
God may get glory from your failure in it.
God may want you to succeed to show how success can be handled with Godly humility and generosity
God may want you to succeed to show how success can be handled with Godly humility and generosity
God may allow you to fail, to show how failure can be handled with Godly humility, grace and strength
Failure teaches us something
We all want to be a testimony for God
But to get a testimony you need to pass a test
It is honoring God whether you’re in the red or in the black
It’s praising God whether you win the election or loose it
Its giving God the glory whether your in the win column or the loss column (Mark Batterson)
If you are able to do this - you have achieved what Paul said:
Phillippians 4:12-13
The world does not see this as success - which can make us feel like failures
Our goal is to fulfill God expectations - not the world’s
God works in our failure and our success
What is God’s definition of success
Good Stewartship- "the care, handling and management of resources."
It’s making the most of the time, talent and treasure God has given you.
It is doing the best with what you have where you are.
The bible gives a practical example of being a good steward of your talent
Ephesians 6:5-
Why is it important to have a Godly attitude and behavior when you are not living your dream/goal
Luke
Other kinds of failure we may experience on our way to success
Moral Failure
David committed adultery, murder and lied by not telling the truth
Consequence: The baby born to David and Bathsheba died
but
David repented
The next child born to David with Bathsheba was Solomon
When those who know you best respect you most
The will of God is not an insurance plan (everything works out great)
It is honoring God whether you’re in the red or in the black
It’s praising God whether you win the election or loose it
Its giving God the glory whether your in the win column or the loss column (Mark Batterson)
The world does not see this as success
We as Christians need to make sure our idea of success does not overshadow God’s idea of success
God may want you to fail, to show how failure can be handled with Godly humility, grace and strength
To get a testimony you have to pass a test
The will of God is not an insurance plan (everything works out great)
Spiritual Failure
The will of God is a dangerous plan
On Jesus’s most difficult night
When he needed his friends the most
You could loose alot of money trying
Everyone left him
Judas betrayed him
Peter denied him
but
Peter repented and cried desperately
Because he repented Jesus said to him
None of these failures stopped God’s plan and mission for his people.
We need to understand that failure is part of the path to success
Moral failure
Spiritual failure
Business failure
Repentance brings God’s will back
video of people who failed while trying
You could spend alot of time and energy without results (that you can see)
You could even loose your life (standing up for just causes & the gospel)
Persecution picture
But we all will go through failure in trying to fulfill our calling
video of people who failed while trying
Just because a door has been closed…doesn’t mean the dream is wrong
God may want you to fail, to show how failure can be handled with Godly humility, grace and strength
Just because you did not get the promotion …doesn’t mean you never will
J.W.Tucker
In November 1964, anarchy broke out in the Belgian Congo.
Assemblies of God missionary J. W. Tucker knew he was at risk, but he stayed where God had placed him.
One day, a mob attacked and killed him with sticks, clubs, fists, and broken bottles.
They took his body, threw it in Bomokande River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
J. W. Tucker had risked everything, yet he seemingly had nothing to show for it.
The Bomokande River flows through the middle of the Mangbeto tribe, a people virtually without the gospel.
During a time of civil war, the Mangbeto king became distressed with the violence and appealed to the central government in Kinshasa for help.
The central government responded by sending a man called the Brigadier, J. W. Tucker had won the Brigadier to the Lord just two months before he was killed.
The Brigadier determined to reach the Mangbetos with the gospel, the only way to peace.
Being a relatively new Christian, he did his best but he was met with no response.
Then one day he heard of a Mangbeto tradition that said:
"If the blood of any man flows in the Bomokande River, you must listen to his message."
The Brigadier called for the king and all the village elders.
They gathered in full assembly to hear his address.
"Some time ago a man was killed, and his body was thrown into your Bomokande River," the Brigadier began.
"The crocodiles in this river ate him up.
His blood flowed in your river.
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