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*I stand before you this morning to share with you what* God has placed on my heart.
I pray this message will touch you the way it has me and change your life in a positive way.
*Acknowledgements;*
*My message today is “Hardness of heart.”*
I realize that term may turn some of you off but that is the way God gave it to me.
I guess you could call it “How to be sensitive to God.
*Recently God healed me of a sickness in* my body but the healing did not manifest the way I had expected.
In the process God showed me that my heart was hardened to his healing.
*I used to think people with hard hearts were God haters or, at* the least, people in rebellion to Him - SIN. That’s what I used to think, but now I see hardness of heart in another light.
*Earlier this year my wife and I flew to FL*.
As we headed to the airport, we realized we were late.
Nowadays if your not there two hours early, you’re late and since the flight was at 6 a.m., this meant getting out of bed about two and on the road by three since the airport was twenty-five minutes away.
*The weather was harsh that morning,* raining hard and windy.
And as we neared the airport, the traffic was thick.
After parking the vehicle, we rushed into the airport, made our way thru the ticket booth and security checks, and finally seated on the aircraft.
*As the plane left the runway* I was still feeling the chaos of the journey- the confusion… it had me agitated.
As the rain continued, the plane headed into the clouds.
And on the other side of the clouds it was peaceful, the moon was full and the stars where out.
It was like I had gone into another world.
*There was this smooth, tranquil layer of soft rolling* clouds with the full moon shining a brilliant light with a pitch black background and bright stars.
*At the time I was reading Mark chapter6*.
I could not help to think about instance when Jesus came walking to His disciples on the water.
They were in a terrible storm.
After nine hours they were still only halfway across the Sea of Galilee, normally a two-hour trip.
*They were in trouble and fighting for their lives*.
Yet here came Jesus walking on top of the water and calming the storm.
He was totally in control.
*As I stared at the* solid layer of clouds beneath us, in my imagination, I thought about what it would be like to see Jesus walking on the clouds beside the plane.
That’s not any more impossible than Jesus walking on the water!
*Let’s turn to Mark chapter 6 and read some of this text*.
Let’s start at verse 45 and continue reading to….
Let’s stop at 52.
When you have Mark chapter 6 verses 45, please stand with me so that I know you are ready to read Gods word.
*I will be reading from the King James Version of God’s Word*
45And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, [beth-*sey*-i-d/uh/] while he sent away the people.
46And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
47And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land.
48And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.
49But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out: 50For they all saw him, and were troubled.
And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.
51And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.
52For they considered not /the miracle/ of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.
* Prayer _*
*This text picks up just after the feeding of the five thousand*, which will make my point.
Also, I want to point out some things in the text that will give you a broader understanding and help enforce this message.
*First let me point out that in the King James Version it reads*, Jesus Constrained his disciples to get into the ship.
There are a few theological views why Jesus need to force them into the ship but I like to think it was because they were experience fishermen and knew that there was a storm coming.
*So the disciples did what God told them to do.*
*Then our text says “when evening had come*, the boat was in the middle of the sea and Jesus was still on land.”
If you were to do an exegesis of this text you would find that the ship was in the middle of the sea and far off course.
They had rowed 3 – 4 miles - far from their destination and probably been in the water for nine hours.
*This journey was a two-hour trip*; the text says they were at the “forth watch” or sometime after 3 a.m.
They’ve been out there a while.
The text says Jesus saw them rowing but that the wind was contrary, or working against them.
Jesus saw them, from land.
Don’t you know that Jesus is always watching you and can always see what trouble you are against, no matter what storm you face, Jesus is there with you?
*The text then Says Jesus* came to them walking on the sea but they were afraid.
If you often wondered why they were afraid of God it is because they did not recognize Him, see in those times they believed stormed were caused by bad spirits and they assumed the figure was a ghost causing their demise.
*It is amazing to me how sometimes that we do not recognize* God when He comes to us.
God could be trying to help you in your storm right now, but you don’t see him there.
*So Jesus let’s them know who he is.*
He says “Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid”.
In the original language Jesus is saying, “I am”.
See Jesus was saying the exact same phrase as when He spoke to Moses via the burning bush.
You need to remember that in this language words and phases only have one meaning.
Not like the English language where words can have several different meanings as in there, point to a place, their, as a pronoun.
*So when Jesus spoke this phrase, the disciples thought, it must be Jesus.*
*Now we get into the heart of this message*.
As I said early, as I was looking out the window of the plane, I wondered what it would be like if Jesus started walking on the clouds next to me.
How would we react to this miracle?
*When we see God’s miracles, how do we react?*
Are we amazed and surprised?
Recently God healed me of sickness in my body.
Doctors diagnosed me and mapped out how my life was about to go downhill.
But God Said differently.
*Although I had rebuked the lie and refused to accept this sickness in my body*, and had received healing prayer from many true spirit warriors, I was feeling the symptoms and began to prepare my self for a fight.
*I had never been on the receiving side of healing*.
I had laid hands and prayed and saw positive change in people's lives but never been on the other end.
I had never experienced a miracle in my life.
*God showed me that my heart had been hardened* to his healing power.
Can you imagine?
I was so amazed, so surprised when God healed me.
I was not use to the experience of a miracle.
I was amazed beyond measure.
*If we look at Mark **6:51** we see that the disciples had a similar reaction.
The scripture says,*
/“Then/ He went up into the boat to them, and the wind ceased.
And they were greatly amazed in themselves beyond measure, and marveled./..”/
*That’s exactly the way I felt in my healing*.
I thought to myself that anyone who really thought about the magnitude of this miracle should feel the same way.
We greatly amazed beyond measure at the miraculous power of God.
*Then I read the next verse.*
/ “For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.”/
*It was just like someone slapped me in the face*.
*For the first time, I realized that being greatly amazed or surprised at a miracle was an indication of a hard heart.
WOW!* Or, another way of saying it is, relating to the natural more than the supernatural is an indication of a hard heart.
By that definition, my heart was hard.
*Example: Do you know someone who lives in a home near the airport?*
*Are you missing a miracle in your life*, what ever the situations because your heart is hardened to God’s Power?
If you ask me, I do not think miracles are part of God’s plan.
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