Sermon Tone Analysis

Surrender, Sit, See

Introduction

Hove you ever went to the store to purchase things that you need get in a long line frustrated at the wait only to get to the register swipe your card and find the embarrassing moment of declined on the pay station monitor.

You know its money in the bank only to log onto your account to find out the account is negative.

Not a good feeling.

If we are honest we have had moments where people have asked us how we are doing and we replied that everything was alright but we lied because we were too embarrassed to admit times were hard.

Our pride causes us to live in secrecy waiting for the moment that we can pull ourselves up by our own boot straps.

I find our text encouraging today because it teaches us how to trust God in a not enough situation.

Would not life be better if you had more than enough.

More than enough hope, more than enough forgiveness, more than enough faith, more than enough friends and more that enough resources for the journey.

In fact if we are honest most of us showed up today with more than enough drama, more than enough disdain, more than enough haters, more than enough sickness, more than enough hopelessness, more than enough doubt, more than enough criticism from family, more than enough marriage disagreements and more than enough folk telling us what we already know but not enough answers and support.

Life leaves us with the burning question of how do I handle a not enough situation.

The answer is found today in the largest fish fry known to man.

Jesus takes two fish and five loaves of bread and begins to feed over five thousand people.

This story reinforces for every believer how God is a very present help in the time of need.

He does not leave us in despair but he makes his presence known by his works.

This story solidifies the reality that not only is God present but that he is also able and capable to provide for us when our need is greater than our resources.

Lastly John gives us loving quality of how patient God is with his people as we learn to trust him more and more in.

I heard the songwriter say tis so sweet to trust in Jesus just to take him at his word just to rest upon his promise ore for grace to trust him more.

God is patient with us because he is waiting on us to surrender our broken, destitute, hopeless not enough situations to him.

If you want to know how to trust God in the negative the first thing you need to learn to do is learn to surrender.

I.Surrender

The meal that the young lad had was that of a slave meal. it was a meal of the poor.

Two sardines and five barley biscuit cakes.

it was nothing but a sack lunch with a half of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich no milk.

It was nothing but a syrup sandwich on wheat bread.

It was symbolic of being in an impoverished circumstance.

There was only enough for the young lad.

Many of us are living in an impoverished circumstance simply because we refuse to surrender our circumstance to God.

We have accepted our circumstance as unchangeable and we live check to check praying that our job won’s play out.

Circumstance has some of us living in the poverty of forgiveness.

Some of are living in the poverty of pride.

Some of us are living in the poverty of hopelessness.

God wants us to get to a place where we are able to surrender our life’s circumstance into his hands.

A. Surrender to his will:

God’s will is that we trust him with our problems.

The young lad had enough sense to surrender what he had to Jesus.

Our power is limited but God’s power is unlimited.

Our power is limited but God’s power is unlimited.

Our power is limited but God’s power is unlimited.

God’s will is for his people to live in abundance.

Poverty drains you and leaves you like the crowd destitute and hungry for an answer.

God desires you to live in an abundance of love, forgiveness, hope , faith and resources.

B. Surrender to his way:

a. God will intentionally place us in circumstances that foster hopelessness in order for us to realize how much we need him.

b.

God has already made the way before the problem showed up.

Some say that God will not put more on you than you can bear.

I've come to contend for the opposite that God will put more on you than you can bear.

The circumstance was more than the people were able to bear.

But even then God asked a question of how should we feed these people.

The disciples began to think about there own way and quickly realized that what we have is not enough.

This was really a test.

Jesus already knew what he planned to do before he showed up.

God allows his people to be under the burden of unimaginable circumstance not for them to figure it out the answer but for them to see that he is the answer.

Jesus is the first and the last.

He is the alpha and omega.

the beginning and the end.

He is the way the truth and the life.

Lazarus was dead until he met the resurrector.

Somebody was sick until they met the healer.

Somebody was suicidal and depressed until they met the mid regulator.

The feeding of the 5000 miracle is really John giving credibility to the fact that Jesus is the bread of life and when we surrender to his way he is the bread that keeps on giving .

he is the water that never runs dry.

C. Surrender in worship to God in Thanksgiving:

a. Worship puts us in his presence

There is no worry in his presence.

There is no sleepless nights in his presence.

There is no sickness in his presence.

There are no negative statistics that can survive in his presence.

There is no division in his presence.

There is no doubt in his presence.

There is no not enough situations in his presence.

b.

Worship connects us to the power source

plug into the power source on Monday.

plug into the power source on Tuesday

plug into the power source on Wednesday.

Plug into the power source on Thursday.

Plug into the power source on Friday.

Plug into the power source on Saturday.

Plug into the power source on Sunday.

c. True worship comes from a heart that is grateful for the little bit we do have.

When Jesus took the two fish and the five loaves it clearly wasn't enough to feed the 5000.

But regardless of the amount Jesus gave thanks for what he did have.

While in worship Jesus began to break of the bread until people were able to eat as much as their stomach could hold.

Jesus teaches us a valuable lesson about worshipping God with Thanksgiving.

How can God bless you in abundance with a closed fist?

Being thankful lets God know that you are grateful for what little bit you do have and God in turn blesses you with more than you can ever imagine.

We’ve got to surrender in worship to God thanking him for the little bit.

II.

Sit

Many times when we surrender to God’s we are reluctant to be still long enough to watch God work.

we get busy with working, we get busy with raising the children and paying bills.

But in this next season of your life God is warning us to sit down somewhere.

In this season getting too busy may cause you to miss the abundance that God is trying to provide in your life.

A. Sit in Anticipation of a filled appetite:

a. Being still knowing that God can move.

b.

Being still knowing that God will move.