Trust the Plan
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Trust the Plan
Trust the Plan
Intro:
ex 14
And Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever.
Pray:
Todays sermon title is: Trust the Plan
The meaning of the word plan
1: a drawing or diagram drawn on a plane: such as a : a top or horizontal view of an object b : a large-scale map of a small area
2a : a method for achieving an end b : an often customary method of doing something : procedure c : a detailed formulation of a program of action d : goal, aim
3: an orderly arrangement of parts of an overall design or objective
God has given us all a plan for our life.
Plans are made to be followed, not reject and fight against it.
Some of us in here right now are fighting against the plan, and as long as you are fighting against the plan, you will always be lost and left behind.
God blesses His plan, not your own way of doing things...
Tell your neighbor don’t fight God’s plan.
God said in
jer. 29:11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
jer 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Plan in the Hebrew means to think.
And some of us in here are messing with Gods thought process.
When the plan comes from God, you better leave it how He set it.
some of us like to alter the plan of God.
sometime the plan is hard for us to deal with and we want to run away from it
Some of us like to use the benefits of the plan, but we still want to influence the plan...
Just follow the plan!!!
Trust God’s layout
I know you think you got it on your own.
I know you feel God’s plan needs your influence.
If you think about it, ever since you got in God’s way, you been screwing things up, why?
God doesn’t need your blueprint, and He doesn’t need your help.
Just Trust the Plan!!!
31 Then he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, “Rise, go out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel. And go, serve the Lord as you have said. 32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also.”
Ex 12:31-32
I came to let everyone know today, that thing that has been oppressing you, has to let you, and not only let you go, but it has to let your possessions go.
In this season of your releasing the enemy has to let you and your possessions go...
12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.
he has to let you and your praise go..
he has to let you and your mind go..
he has to let you and your peace go...
children...
marriage...
In this season, it would be dangerous for the devil to keep trying to hold on to you, because the longer he tries to hold on to us, the more we’re going to take back from him..
12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.
matt 11:
33 And the Egyptians urged the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.” 34 So the people took their dough before it was leavened, having their kneading bowls bound up in their clothes on their shoulders.
ex 12:33
35 Now the children of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, and they had asked from the Egyptians articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing. 36 And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they granted them what they requested. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.
ex 12:35-36
17 Then it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, “Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt.” 18 So God led the people around by way of the wilderness of the Red Sea. And the children of Israel went up in orderly ranks out of the land of Egypt.
ex 13:17
5 Now it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people; and they said, “Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”
ex 14:5
5 Now it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people; and they said, “Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?” 6 So he made ready his chariot and took his people with him. 7 Also, he took six hundred choice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt with captains over every one of them. 8 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel; and the children of Israel went out with boldness.
1. The heart of Pharoah and the servants...
-You know it’s bad when the servants get mad, it’s one thing for Pharoah to be upset about losing slaves, but when the servants get mad at the slaves...
-They were probably like Pharoah hype man, like naw pharoah we can’t be having this right Pharoah,
-They were looking at how valuable the children of Israel were to them, and they were looking around like if they won’t be here to do the work, then we have to do the work… they still didn’t learn their lesson.
2. Let me give you a better understanding of you and your haters
-Your haters need you to be around, because they survive off of what harm they can cause you.
-They are able to talk about your flaws and that takes the spotlight off of their on insecurities, and when God start moving you away from your haters, they start looking around saying oh no we got to do something about this, if I can’t talk about .... then the spotlight is going to be on me.
6 So he made ready his chariot and took his people with him. 7 Also, he took six hundred choice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt with captains over every one of them.
6 So he made ready his chariot and took his people with him. 7 Also, he took six hundred choice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt with captains over every one of them. 8 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel; and the children of Israel went out with boldness.
ex 14:6-
ex 14:6-
Why did God harden Pharaoh’s heart?
-Using my imagination, and my human understanding… I believe that as Pharaoh was sending out orders to little Mikey and the boys, he started to think how his week went, he probably thought if I would’ve just let them go, I still would have my son.
-And in a moment of tenderness, we see in the word, that God hardened the heart of Pharaoh.
-It was better for Israel that God hardened their hearts, because if He doesn’t Pharaoh would always have a reason to come after Israel, and God had a destination for them, they were growing into their purpose.
The only problem was, they couldn’t be a nation with purpose, running away from their past.
-So God had to do something that was going to cause all the haters, I mean back-bitters, back stabbers, that abusive boyfriend, that rachette girlfriend...
God had to do something, that was going to have Pharaoh filled with so much anger, that his anger would blind him to his danger.
2. Let me tell you about anger
-There’s a part of anger that is natural, and there’s a part that is super-natural.
-the natural anger is a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.
a. it’s your feelings, it’s emotions.
b. The bible says be angry but sin not...
-When anger becomes super-natural...
a. it’s when the spirit of anger takes over, and bitterness rots your heart, when you can’t even stand to look at someone, like, why did she have to come to work today?
b. That anger is a spirit that will mess your body up.
So what, your enemies are angry, God is going to let their anger be their destruction.
9 So the Egyptians pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and overtook them camping by the sea beside Pi Hahiroth, before Baal Zephon.
10 And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the Lord.
ex 14:
Pharaoh is behind the children of Israel and this is when we see them forget who they are.
11 Then they said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt?
ex 14:11
Its amazing that the children of Israel didn’t say anything when they were getting rescued from Egypt, but because their enemy is coming after them they start losing who they are in God.
Just because the enemy comes after you, don’t get afraid and lose who you are.
12 Is this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.”
13 And Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. 14 The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.”
ex 14:12-13
15 And the Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward.
ex 14:15-
16 But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
ex 14: