Being content in a dry season. (26)

Water is coming!

Author: Isaiah was/ is the author of this book Isaiah and Isaiah was an Israelite and is known to the christian community as The Prophet Isaiah.

He was the son of Amoz; The Bible gives us little on the information about Amoz; only that he is the father of Isaiah.

Isaiah’s name means { The Salvation of Yahweh}

This 8th century prophet is the one who foretells the salvation of God’s people; including a return from Babylonian captivity and an eventual return to God.

Isaiah prophesied during the times of 4 kings of Judah and they were

Kings Uzziah

King Jotham

king Ahaz

King Hezekiah

From the beginning of King Uzziah to the King of Hezekiah was 90 years.

Now, Isaiah play an important role in God’s plan. he foretold the coming Messiah and brought hope to God’s people during challenging times.

The promise of hope isn’t only for the nation of Israel but for god’s people in general.

BODY:

In this 43rd chapter of Isaiah we will see that God is the redeemer of Israel.

Redeemer means[ the Purchaser, The owner]

In verse 1= we see God claims ownership to them and encourages them to not be afraid because, He ransomed them and they are his

In verse 2= He encourages them and assures to them that when they face difficulty He is obligated to rescue them.

Look at what he said.

1. When in deep water - I’ll be with you

2. In rivers of difficuty- You will not drown.

3. In the fire of oppression- The flames will not consume you.

WHY GOD?.... For I am the Lord, Your God, Your Savior.

That’s a praise moment there!

God returned to a theme we see repeatedly in Isaiah, those of us who are Bible readers and that is.

God’s ability to know the future because he is the one true God that knows all.

In verse 9 and 10 God call for witnesses, if you will let us use the imagination of the courtroom

He called on the nations to testify about the ability of their gods by saying cold they god see the future? and we know the answer is No

But..... He called on his people to be a witnesses

that’s a good place to be in. being a witness for God.

it was no one but God and Him alone that did it.

I ain’t got nothing to do with it it was all him.

With all of that being said. Look at number 18 and 19 verse

Isaiah 43: 18 -19 “Remember ye not the former things, Neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; Now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, And rivers in the desert.”

Look at the person next to you and say ; water is coming. refreshing is coming, restoration is coming, newness is coming to your life.

I remember Apostle Hamilton ask me to be a speaker and I;m honored . when we hung up the phone God said to me Behold I we do a new thing, now it spring forth.

I was there and he asked what is the best season? of course I like summer but the best season is the spring season to me because it is the time that what was dead or seems to be lost is restored and brought back to life or revived from a dry season.

just like the seasons on earth we as people go through season in our lives and one is a dry season.

when a person say I’m spiritually or they feel they are in a spiritual drought, they really saying they are feeling distant from God.

this not a good place to be in because in this place, we don’t see God working and the weights and burdens of life is pressing in on us.

If we be honest with ourselves, dry season are inevitable. they come and they go..... But what is so important about dry season is they TEACH you something;

one thing a dry season will teach you is how to wait on God yes… patience !

The enemy loves to get us in our emotions to effect us in our faith trying to cause us to give up and cave in and quit… the devil is a lie!!!

2. A dry season show you where your faith level really is.

most saint fail the test in these seasons because they didn’t manage well the friut bearing season.

What do you mean? Joseph

in the time of famine he store all from the fruit bearing season and held on to it and fed off it in the time of famine.

in other words God has 66 books you can store in your heart and when the time of attack on your faith come you can stand.

you must be able to survive the dry place.

3. Be Content

a. You can remain content in that season base off you knowing it only temporary! Everything has a expiration date. Anything that is temporary is subject to change.

Apostle Paul said whatever state I’m in , I’ve learned to be content.

content simply means [ to be at ease, to find comfort, be unworried.

Paul said i’m not gonna let what i’m facing mess with my praise unto God.

Look at the person next to you and say.

My praise and my disposition is not predicted on what environment I’m in!

{I Am The Thermostat }.

My faith can be strong because I know that season change.

and I know that it won’t always be like this.

because there is expiration date to this season.

So what I must do in this season ,

is to draw from the harvest of the past season of fruitfulness. to maintain where I am now.

I realize weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning.

a new season is coming

a refreshing is coming to you.

just be content

and remember if God did it before he can do it again.

if He brought you out of Egypt

Surely he can deliver from the grips of Babylon.

I don’t care what you may be going through but god promised us victory

He is obligated to keep you, you belong to him.

1. if you go through deep water - he is right there

2. if you go through many rivers - you won’t drown

3. if you go through flame of oppression - They won’t overtake you…

God said he will never leave you nor forsake you.

1. family may leave — but God won’t

2. friends may leave--- but God won’t

B. WE HAVE TO LEARN TO LET THE SPIRIT OF GOD LEAD US, HE KEEPS US SPIRITUALLY WATER AND FRUITFUL

Jeremiah 17: 7-8 “Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.”

a. When we put trust in God we are empowered to be victorious in every area of our life. when we don’t we become spiritually dry.

b. Planted trees by water will never go dry, when we plant ourselves in the word of God and drinking from the living water. regardless of what season we will always be fruitful and stand no matter what the enemy throws our way.

2. Psalm 16: 11 “Thou wilt shew me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.”

a. There is a place in our hearst on Jesus can fill

b. If we choose any other path other than what God choose for us we can look for failure.

c. Proverbs 14: 12 “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.”

Proverbs 16:25 “There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.”

d. Jesus said that he is the way and the life and you can get to the father but by him. John 14:6 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

# I want us to note that dry season comes also when we take our focus from being aware of the presence of God.

Prayer, the word and fellowship … it stabalizes the believers and helps us not get into our emotions on which the enemy plays on. to stop us from seeking his presence.

c. WHAT WE LISTEN TO CAN EITHER HARDEN OR SOFTEN OUR HEARTS

a. We must be mindful to pay attention to what God says. and ignore all other voices that are contrary.

we have realize that we have a God that can not lie.

If god tell you something you better believe it.

now is not the time challenge God word unless you challenge it because you believe it.

we are in a warfare and the devil is out not to hurt only but to kill steal and destroy.

IN closing:

We can can not successfully go through life on our on . We Need God!!!!

a. Proverbs 4 :20 -27 “My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh. Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life. Put away from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee. Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Ponder the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.”

God tell us what to do , where to go. we have surrendered our life to him he owns us.

We must trust in the lord with our whole heart and lean not to our own understanding but seek him for guidance.

leaning on what we understand can stop us from have a productive season.

make no mistake about we will have trying times but God will see us through them.

a matter of truth God has already begun to do it.

refreshing starts when you receieve the truth and walk in it. but as your walking in .... Galatians 6 : 9 “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”

a. We need to do whatever it takes to make it in tough time even if it is painful.

give up some things , letting people go. changing jobs. moving whatever.

Isaiah 40 : 28 -31 “Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, That the everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; And to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings as eagles; They shall run, and not be weary; And they shall walk, and not faint.”

a. When we are weak paying attention to god revives us and strengthens us and gives us hope. in a dry season.