The Heat of the Moment

Prayer

Daniel 3:23-25

From the moment God gave me this scripture, I asked, what is HEAT?

There are different ways to answer this question;

Webster’s dictionary defines HEAT, in the following ways;

It is the quality of being hot or having a high temperature

Or the state of a body of matter generating a relatively high degree of warmth

Basic Science Principles exist which tell us the nature of HEAT

Particles exposed to a source of energy, buildup potential energy

Potential energy is an object’s capacity to act/ or move

Potential energy increases until a critical threshold is reached

At this threshold, the potential energy is converted to kinetic energy

Kinetic energy is released as atomic vibrations, thereby generating HEAT

These definitions, while informative, cannot provide you the experience of HEAT

I can define the word for you

I can even tell you its true nature

But, I cannot create for you an experience you have not had

In my own life, I have had my own experiences with HEAT

I can recall as a Child my mother telling me to leave the stove, oven, and iron alone

Because these objects were hot, they ran the risk of burning me

But it is the nature of humans to be curious

And restrictions often generate greater interest

It is this curiosity that led me to touch the Iron, which burned my hand

Pain has the capacity to teach you more than any lecture ever will

Sometimes you have to go through trauma and pain to learn a new lesson

Now I am asking myself the question, WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN?

I am asking God how the definition of HEAT helps the people of God

How does knowing the scientific principles of HEAT help the people of God

God said, it is in the HEAT OF THE MOMENT, that I make you your best self

Give Subject

That’s what we are going to talk about.

Until now we have defined what HEAT is and even discussed its scientific properties

But what kind of HEAT are the people of God facing today

It is not the heat from an iron, an oven, or stove

But it is the HEAT OF THE MOMENT

The conundrums of life that go unanswered and often leave regrets

When you face a crisis in your marriage, and you can’t decide to stay or leave

Making a difficult decision on the job, whether to fire someone or not

Deciding if you should take chemo or radiation to fight the cancer in your body

In each of these cases, you must make impossible decisions for which you cannot prepare

Life has a way of throwing you for a loop, and it does so without discrimination

Sont oreach what tou cant understand

Drugs

Marrage

Kids

And these situations may seem terrible but God is using the Heat to make you the best you

Example

I am reminded of the process of deep-frying chicken

You pour the oil, turn up the heat, and fry your chicken

First, the oil has the capacity to fry the fish when you pour it

However, if you never turn up the HEAT you can never maximize its potential

If the oil remains cold it cannot do what it was intended to do

So many of us in God’s house have the capacity to do great ministry

But because we do not want the HEAT turned up in our lives we never do

Heat breaks bonds in the oil. You need to break up with some stuff in your life

You have to say goodbye to addictions, friendships, and mentalities

Some of us need God to turn up the HEAT (TURN IT UP, LORD) I got to move

Second, Hot oil and cold oil look the same at first glance

People will look at your outside and when they do not see a change, they judge you

The reality is, the HEAT of the moment, represents your greatest change

It may not look like it, but God is about to use you to get the job done

People get so stuck on who you used to be, they never check to see who you are

But, do not get stuck in their narrative, but be who God created you to be

Third, when oil gets too hot it can start burning

Once oil starts to burn, it becomes unusable because it gives all the food a burnt taste

And some of us have let our potential build for too long

We spend 30-years in the Church building potential

And you become bitter and angry and start poisoning ministries

You ralk aboht pastor not going to hospital

Or talk junk about jow bad the choir is but wont join yourself

This takes me to my text

Daniel 3:23-25

Here we see the Three Hebrew Boys are in the HEAT of the Moment

Because they refused to bow to a false idol, they have been sentenced to death

It is lit seven times hotter by the attendants than normal

So much so that when people got too close, they burst into flames

They were thrown in the furnace in bondages

God is going to use the very things set up to kill you to bless you

The Bible Declares, and WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS, WORK TOGETHER

I may not know who the next President will be

You may not know why your spouse walked out on you

You may not know why your friends turned their backs on you

BUT ONE THING I DO IS… ALL THINGS, WORK TOGETHER

God is using the trap set by your enemies to set you free

Free from what people think of you.

Free from what they said

Free from depression

Free from Sickness

Free from old mindsets

God is using the heat of the moment, to change your life

Because ALL THINGS, WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD…

Conclusion

You cannot allow yourself to become fearful in the heat of the moment

I know it looks dark and I know it looks dim but keep your eyes fixed on the prize

In the Heat of the Moment, only the strong survive

In the Heat of the Moment, God will make your enemy your footstool

In the Heat of the Moment, God will turn your mourning into dancing

Your sorrows, into joy

Your midnight into day

In the HEAT OF THE MOMENT

I saw my savior, hanging on a cross with nails in his hands, nails in his feet

In the heat of the moment, he declared; “it is finished”

He dropped his head in the locks of his shoulder

Then he died, and he stayed dead for three days

But early Sunday morning he got up with ALL power in his hands