The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
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21 And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.”
23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying out after us.”
24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
26 And he answered, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
27 She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
28 Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly.
HE kind of offends her and pushes back… and we can find ourselves in a bunch of different ways....
21 And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
He went away and withdrew… he knew that to be effective he had to withdraw and go away some to get himself ready to do what needed to do. Vacation come back to the mess… .Jesus came into the world to heal the mess
He would go away and do time with the Father to get the strength that he needed in the world. And this is the thing we are missing in the world too often in our lives… we see the book of acts
WE MUST WITHDRAW TO SPEND TIME WITH THE FATHER
When was the last time you did this and spent time with God and fasted and had this time… if he was going to be effective he had to spend time alone with the father and his whole life bled out of that
How can we think we can be effective without doing that in our lives if he had to? We tend to think that we can do it all without retreating… I am so guilty of this…
Mark 9 they bring him a demonized person… cant do it… this kind only comes out through prayer and fasting.. but he never prayed in that moment… it was just a part of who he was and his natural rhythm that it came out of his life...
When the storms arise it in our lives decides how we face it… the storm shows how we have prepared for the storm and disaster… when we hit it we dont freak out… but we depend on him… those people have prepared for months and weeks and years before that happened.
Death....Levi Lusko… knew what he was going through beforehand...
If you want to be like Jesus in the battlefield you ahve to get in bootcamp for what is coming down the pipe… that is how we are efffective… I am not asking you to just jump in… wake up ten minutes early.... thats all I am asking.. Just do it for ten minutes… you can do it… just read and study… I am not asking for a lot.
We all have to start somewhere.
Jesus is moving away from the action… he is moving away from opportunity… can you heal… no… I came for the lost sheep....
The point is we are going to have more impact the more we can discipline ourselves to do less we think the busier we are the more godly we are…
I only came for the lost sheep of Israel… I know what my mission is.. this is the problem in our society.. .people want us to do everything.. what they care about.. no.... what are the four or five essentials.... it needs to be the most passionate thing.... hes saying I am so disciplined I know why I am here...
“In a few hundred years, when the history of our time is written, it is likely that the most important event historians will see is not technology, not the Internet, not e-commerce. It is an unprecedented change in the human condition. For the first time substantial and rapidly growing numbers of people have choices. For the first time, they will have to manage themselves. And society is totally unprepared for it.” -Peter Drucker
This is the challenge of our life, we have way too many choices… and we cant figure out what to do because we have too many choices… we have to figure out how to manage it… so many choices not enough time or gifting to do it all...
Figure out what the two or three most important things are to accomplish in your life and go after it and say no to everything else...
Jesus was supposed to come and bring the kingdom of God and redeem man… Think of all the things he didnt do.... he didnt travel for fun, he didnt start a family… he barely travelled within a 100 miles… think of all he didnt teach… all the people he didnt heal.... and you will become more effective if you will get on mission....
thats why he says...
24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Hes saying I originally wasnt here for you… thats no offensive,, he loves gentiles,,, but the plan of God is once Israel gets renewed it will echo out.. and eh is saying dont get me off my plan… he wants to know what God has called you to do....
Edit… red pen… cut/// in your life
Jesus is living out essentialism…he knows what he is supposed to do… and some of you need to figure that out...
Heart of the story...
22 And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.”
23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying out after us.”
24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Not a children’s story… not just meek and mild… mean and wild… don’t want to heal her…different layers to this…
It tells us about evil… it is real… there is demonic… there is a spiritual realm… satan is very real.... he doesnt like you or Christianity… he is a murderer a thief and a liar...
We dont need to be dumb or naive he will go after the weak and vulnerable even children,
We have a spiritual ownership of our kids… and we need to protect them from stuff and not let them get into stuff that can get them into lots of hurts
Horrible things in culture… normalized… pornography isnt normal.... it shouldnt be… we have to save them from it… they arent exposed with things growing up that we are...
Everything we do is spiritual.... dont be confused that what we do outside the building is different than inside the building… we should be going to war for our kids.... if you are going to sign up to follow me then you signed up for a war that is going to be costly.. and everything about you is a part of this war and it is your job to go fight for them...
One of the things you never want to do is be on the wrong side of a momma that is mad about her kids… or worked up… mother geese will mess you up...
Basketball referee.... Jesus says we should be like that spiritually....
Like I want my kids to love Jesus to desire him… and I want to make sure that we do that here… but here we see there is demons attacking kids… but you dont have to fear that… because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world… you cant save your kid just by being a good parent… she brings the need to Jesus.... if you want your kid to flourish bring them to Jesus… you have to point to him… tehre will be a day that I am dead… and you ahve to get your joy from Jesus… she says Jesus get in my kids life free him, save him… demons aren’t scared of you… they are scared of Jesus… and that is the point…
When you pray for your kids you dont pray over the evil, you emphasis the good… get them close to Jesus becasue Jesus will set them free… when she brings the kid to Jesus he will set them free....
But he says no originally… why..... Im not here for you… IM here for the house of israel… you are a dog… and he is setting up barriers… and its not what it looks like… hes not trying to be mean… he wants to test them so they can become what they need to become and he knows the only way they can become that is if he builds that barrier… and sometimes he does that in your life… he builds up barriers.... and some of you think that is exactly what it feels like… you pray and there is this barrier...
You pray and he says no 31:52