OPPORTUNITY IN CHAOS EXODUS 32:25-28

INTRODUCTION

HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING IN CRAZY TIMES?

IF YOU ARE DEALING WITH SITUATIONS THAT YOU ARE TROUBLED OVER

CHALLENGES COMING FROM EVERY AREA OF LIFE

I’M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OPPORTUNITY IN CHAOS

IF YOU DON’T HAVE CHAOS THEN THERE IS NO OPPORTUNITY

IT IS HOW YOU PERCEIVE THE CHAOS, WHETHER IT IS OPPOSITION OR OPPORTUNITY

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MOST INVENTIONS THAT WE SEE ARE NOT INVENTED BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE CREATIVE

THE CATALYST OF CREATIVITY IS BIRTHED ON THE TABLE OF NEED

THE FORD FAMILY INVENTED CARS BECAUSE IT WAS THE NEED OF THE TIME

IF CHAOS OR NEED IS THE REASON FOR CREATIVITY, THEN COMFORT IS THE ENEMY OF CREATIVITY

YOU DO NOT CREATE WHEN YOU ARE COMFORTABLE

WE MAKE SOMETHING BECAUSE THERE IS AN UNMET NEED

SO, WHEN YOU ARE PRAYING FOR CREATIVITY, YOU ARE PRAYING FOR NEED OR CHAOS

GREAT LEADERSHIP IS NOT DETERMINED BY GOOD TIMES

NEITHER CAN YOU MEASURE FAITH IN COMFORT

FAITH IS MEASURED IN CHAOS

GREAT LEADERSHIP IS CREATED BY CHAOTIC TIMES

OUR GREATEST LEADERS CAME FORTH IN TIMES OF CHAOS AND CONFUSION

IT IS GOOD TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE

THOSE THAT LOVE THERE COMFORT ARE MISSING THEIR GROWTH PATTERN

IT IS GOOD TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE

IT IS ALWAYS THOSE PEOPLE THAT SEE GIANTS AND SAY, IS THERE NOT A CAUSE

THOSE EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE WHO RISE TO THE CHAOS OF THE TIMES TO ALLOW THE CHAOS TO DETERMINE THE CONQUERER IN THEM

PEOPLE WHO STAND IN THE FACE OF OPPOSITION AND SAY I AM NOT GOING DOWN

IT IS THE CHAOS OF THE TIMES THAT CREATES THE CONQUERER IN THE MAN

WHEN GOD GETS READY TO SHOW YOU WHAT HE HAS PLACED IN YOU, HE WILL PUT YOU IN CHAOS

TO PUSH YOU

LIKE TOOTHE PASTE COMING OUT OF THE TUBE, IT COMES OUT WITH PRESSURE

THE MORE PRESSURE THAT IS APPLIED TO THE OUTSIDE, THE MORE OF WHAT IS ON THE INSIDE WILL EMERGE

YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT HUSBAND YOU HAVE UNTIL YOU GO THROUGH BAD TIMES

YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT KIND OF WOMAN YOU MARRIED UNTIL THERE IS CHAOS

WHAT DETERMINES GREATNESS IS HOW YOU ACT IN THE TIME OF THE STORM

BODY

IN OUR TEXT, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THE LORD HAS AFFORDED US TO LOOK INTO A CHAOTIC MOMENT

MOSES IS STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONGREGATION OF NAKED PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN OFF ALL OF THEIR CLOTHES WHO ARE WORSHIPING ANOTHER GOD IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS FIRST REVIVAL

THIS IS NOT GOING WELL

HE HAS LED THESE PEOPLE OUT OF EGYPT AND HAS WENT UP INTO THE MOUNTAIN FOR INSTRUCTION AND THE ASSISTANT PASTOR HAS BUILT THE PEOPLE A GOLDEN CALF

MOSES COMES DOWN THE MOUNTAIN WITH HIS FACE GLOWING, HE IS ALL EXCITED

AND HE COMES DOWN THE MOUNTAIN AND HEARS A PARTY GOING ON

THIS IS A MESS AND HE ASKS THE ASSISTANT PASTOR WHAT IS GOING ON?

PEOPLE LIE WHEN THEY ARE UNDER PRESSURE

BUT THIS WASN’T EVEN A GOOD LIE

WE THROUGH THE GOLD INTO THE FIRE AND THE CALF JUST JUMPED OUT

THAT IS NOT WHAT HAD HAPPENED AT ALL

WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS:THEY HAD LEANED ON GOD TO GET THEM OUT OF SLAVERY

10 GENERATIONS OF SIN AND THEY CALLED OUT TO A GOD THAT THEY REALLY DIDN’T REMEMBER

GET ME OUT OF THIS MESS

LORD, I KNOW I WAS WRONG AND IF YOU JUST GET ME OUT OF THIS MESS, I PROMISE....

I LEARNED MY LESSON THIS TIME

AND THE LORD BROUGHT THEM OUT

HE SAID I BROUGHT YOU OUT ON EAGLES WINGS

I PLAGUED PHARAOH AND OPENED THE SEA

I BROUGHT YOU OUT SO STRONG THAT YOUR PHARAOH COULD NOT GET YOU BACK

HE CHASED YOU AND COULDN’T GET YOU BACK

HE USED 600 CHOSEN CHARIOTS AND COULDN’T BRING YOU BACK

I DROWNED YOUR ENEMIES IN THE RED SEA

I MADE YOUR ENEMIES YOUR FOOTSTOOL

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM YOUR GOD AND THERE IS NO OTHER

YOU DID NOT COME OUT BROKE, YOU CAME OUT WITH THE TREASURES OF EGYPT, I TRANSFERRED THE WEALTH OF THE WICKED UNTO SLAVES

I GAVE YOU THE JOB, GAVE YOU THE HOUSE, GAVE YOU THE CAR, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE MINE

HOW COULD YOU DO, AFTER ALL THAT I DID FOR YOU

ONCE I DELIVERED YOU FROM TROUBLE, YOU TUEN TO ANOTHER GOD

I BROUGHT YOU OUT OF THE TROUBLE, DYSFUNCTIONAL SITUATION

IT HAPPENED NOT BECAUSE YOU ARE GIFTED AND STRONG, I BROUGHT YOU OUT

HOW IS IT THAT YOU ARE LIVING LIKE YOU ARE LIVING AFTER ALL THAT I HAVE DONE IN YOUR LIFE

IT IS A REAL MESS, THE ARE DANCING AROUND A BIG GOLDEN CALF

BUT IT IS NOT THEIR NUDITY THAT IS OFFENSIVE

IT IS THE CHOICE TO BACKSLIDE AWAY FROM SOMETHING GREATER THAN SOMETHING LESSER

IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW HOLY YOU DRESS IF YOU ARE HELLISH INSIDE

ON GOD’S MIND IS THE FIRST COMMAND-THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GOD BEFORE ME

THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU USE ME WHEN YOU WANT SOMETHING

AND FORGET ME AFTER YOU RECEIVE IT

MOSES HASS BROUGHT THEM OUT FROM THE FAMILIAR TO THE UNFAMILIAR

NOW IT IS TOTAL CHAOS NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE EVIL

THEY ARE IN THIS CHAOS BECAUSE THEY REALLY HAVEN’T WORSHIPED GOD FOR NEARLY 400 YEARS

THEY HAD BEEN SURROUNDED BY EGYPTIAN CULTURE SO LONG THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN ON THE WAYS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY ASSOCIATED WITH UNTIL THEY HAVE LOST THEIR IDENTITY AND UNIQUENESS IN THEIR NEED TO BE ACCEPTED BY A LESSER SOCIETY

BE CARFUL HOW MUCH OF YOU THAT YOU COMPROMISE TO FIT IN

THEY ARE SO MIXED UP THAT THEY MAKE AN EGYPTIAN GOD AMONGST THE HEBREW PEOPLE

IS GOD YOUR GOD OR DO YOU SERVE THE GOD OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE AROUND

THE REAL CHAOS IN THEIR LIVES ARE ON THE INSIDE

AND WHAT IS ON THE INSIDE WILL ALWAYS MANIFEST ON THE OUTSIDE

WE ARE DEALING WITH 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE WHO DON’T KNOW WHO THEY ARE

A PEOPLE WHO DON’T KNOW WHO THEY ARE SO THEY DEFINE THEMSELVES WITH BRAND NAMES

BECAUSE YOU THINK THAT IF YOU TAKE ON THE NAME OF THE DESIGNER, IT MAKES YOU IMPORTANT

WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW YOUR NAME, YOU NEED MY NAME TO MAKE YOU GREAT

THE GOLDEN CALF REVEALS THAT THEY DON’T REALLY KNOW WHO GOD IS

GOD IS INVISIBLE AND PEOPLE WORSHIP THE VISIBLE GOD WHO THEY HAVE CREATED

MOSES CAME DOWN THE MOUNTAIN WITH HIS FACE GLOWING

SOME THEOLOGIANS SAY THAT THE GLORY OF GOD WAS SHINING THROUGH HIS PORES AND SHOOTING OUT GLORY BEAMS AND THEY HAD TO PUT A VEIL ON HIS FACE SO THAT THE GLORY FROM PRAYER DIDN’T CONSUME THEIR CARNALITY

THERE ARE SOME GLORIES THAT YOU CAN’T GET FROM ASSOCIATION BUT FROM DEDICATION

THE ANOINTING DOESN’T COME FROM ASSOCIATION, IT COMES FROM CONSECRATION

WE NEED TO STOP LOOKING FOR CHEAP GRACE

MOSES COMES DOWN THE MOUNTAIN AND WHEN HE SEES THE CHAOS HE SAYS, WHO IS ON THE LORD’S SIDE

ALL OF THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL ARE THERE AND THEY ARE TRYING TO COVER UP

WHERE IS MY SHIRT, PANTS

HAVE YOU EVER HAD SOMEONE COME AGAINST YOU AT THE WRONG TIME

I JUST WENT THROUGH A DIVORCE, DON’T COME AGAINST ME NOW, DISCOURAGEMENT, DON’T COME AGAINST ME NOW, DEPRESSION

YOU WILL NOT BE CHALLENGED IN YOUR COMFORT, YOU WILL BE CHALLENGED IN YOUR CHAOS

WHO IS ON THE LORD’S SIDE

HERE COMES LEVI-THE MOST UNLIKELY TRIBE

LEVI SAYS, WE ARE ON THE LORD’S SIDE

YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHY LEVI IS THE MOST UNLIKELY, BECAUSE LEVI HAS BEEN CURSED

LEVI WAS A TRICKSTER, CON ARTIST, SO MUCH THAT WHEN JACOB WAS DYING IN THE BED AND PASSING OUT BLESSING, HE IS STILL MAD AT LEVI

Genesis 49:5–7 KJV 1900

Simeon and Levi are brethren; Instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. O my soul, come not thou into their secret; Unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: For in their anger they slew a man, And in their selfwill they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.

GENESIS 49:

LEVI AND SIMEON HAD COME AGAINST THE MEN OF SHECHEM FOR RAPING DINAH

LEVI IS CURSED BECAUSE OF A BAD DECISION

HE GOT THEM TO CICUMCIZE THEMSELVES

ISN’T IT AMAZING HOW ONE BAD DECISION CAN WRECK THE NEXT 50 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE

CIRCUMCISION IS USUALLY DONE WHEN A PERSON DAYS OLD SO THAT THEY COULD SPEND THE REST OF THEIR LIVES GETTING OVER THE TRAUMA

ONE DUMB THING CAN MESS UP YOUR KIDS

IN THIS MOMENT OF CHAOS, GOD SENDS LEVI AN OPPORTUNITY

HE IS A GOD OF MERCY, A GOD OF GRACY

IF HE WASN’T THE GOD OF A SECOND CHANCE NO ONE WOULD BE HERE TODAY

SOME OF US ARE ON OUR 100 CHANCE

ALL OF A SUDDEN, IN THE MIDST OF CHAOS, GOD GIVES LEVI AN OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST

I WILL NOT HOLD THE BAD CHOICE OF YESTERDAY IF YOU CORRECT BY THE GOOD CHOICE OF TODAY

OPPORTUNITY COMES IN CHAOS

A CHANCE: TO STAND UP, TO GET IT RIGHT, MAKE A U TURN

ONE TIME IN DUBAI I HAD MISSED MY TURN SO I HAD TO KEEP GOING TO LOOK FOR A TURNING POINT

WHEN YOU SEE THE PLACE TO TURN, THERE IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC, SO YOU HAVE TO GET INTO POSITION AND WAIT FOR THE MOMENT TO MAKE THE TURN TO REVERSE THE MISTAKES OF MY PAST

AND SOMEONE STOPPED TO LET ME IN BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THAT I WAS GOING TO THE STORE

BUT I TOLD THEM GO AHEAD, I’M TRYING TO GO INTO ANOTHER DIRECTION

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO PASS UP A FEW OPPORTUNITIES TO GET TO THE REAL OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL CORRECT

TOUCH 3 PEOPLE AND TELL THEM-I AM WAITING ON SOMETHING

WHAT I AM TRYING

WHAT I AM TRYING IS BIGGER, I AM GETTING READY TO TURN IT ALL AROUND

YOU HAVE JUST ENOUGH TIME LEFT, JUST ENOUGH STRENGTH TO MAKE A TURN THAT WILL AFFECT EVERYONE AROUND YOU

GOD IS SETTING YOU UP TO COMPLETELY TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND

YOU HAVE BEEN TELLING EVERYBODY WHAT YOU DON’T HAVE

BUT, YOU NEED TO SEE WHAT YOU DO HAVE

YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY

THE STORM IS ROLLING BUT I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY

TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR, THIS IS MY OPPORTUNITY

I DON’T CARE WHAT IS IN MY WAY, I CAN’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY

I HAVE BEEN WAITING TOO LONG FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY

SO DON’T DISTRACT ME FROM DOING WHAT GOD HAS CALLED ME TO DO

AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD

THIS IS THE TIME FOR GOD TO ARISE AND LET YOUR ENEMIES BE SCATTERED

WHO IS ON THE LORD’S SIDE

I’M COMING OUT OF EVERY TEST, TRIAL, STORM, CHAOS

PRAISE HIM UNTIL DEMONS TREMBLE

IF YOU DON’T PRAISE HIM, LEVI WILL

IF YOU DON’T COME TO CHURCH, LEVI WILL

IS THERE A LEVI IN THIS PLACE

LEVI, BECAUSE OF THIS DECISION INHERITED THE PRIESTHOOD OF ISRAEL

DON’T RUN AWAY FROM THE CHAOS, LET THE CHAOS RUN FROM YOU