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intro and Tension
intro and Tension
Don’t you always find that sometimes we are never “ready” to serve God fully?
I’ll tithe when, I get my finances in order, when ive got enough to cover everything
I’ll serve in church when, I have more free time, when I just get past the baby stage
I’ll step into my purpose when I just get past this season
We spoke about last 2 weeks | That Season | Could be preparing you | For your purpose
What if God is not waiting until we “get” something to step into our purpose, rather God is waiting until we “get rid of” something - and use exactly, what we have.
We are in week 3 of a message series | Ephesians - Take it back | Ever since adam and eve, enemy running rampard on earth, and yet the word of God tells us
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
We are blessed, We have everything we need to take back what the enemy has taken | We spoke about being prepared in private | You are his workmanship, made for good works,
This week Title: How God has Armed You
My Hope: You will understand today, that God has given you everything that you need, to do everything you need to do, at the time you need to do it
**Prayer**
We are in ephesians 3 - This is Pauls prayer for the Church - People, not building
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
What is paul saying here? | Not a question of Jesus being in your heart, he is there through Holy spirit | Making sure he is COMFORTABLE Living in your hearts | Making reference to Christ Dwelling there without any issues
Greek “Dwell in” 2 meanings = one is gues - one is perm resident. Using Perm Resident, without issues. What are those issues? Heaps haha.
Paul is encouraging and praying “Is your heart, an environment where Jesus feels welcomed?” or is my behaviour, annoying him.
Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
David is asking ,is there anything that I am doing ,that is grieving you?
When we think of Holy Spirit in us, we just think he has happy habitation. Jesus is in my heart, yew, let’s go watch some violance Jesus, some Porn, let’s go…be an adulterer.
David living in a time, when the SPirit didn;t live IN PEOPLE | Was WITH people, came ON People, but never IN people = That was NT when Jesus said , RECIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT.
David, didn’t have Spirit IN HIM| and YET , Prayed: Turn on the spotlight on my blemishes Lord.
Question: Do we have the guts, to pray that prayer. See David had the courage, to come before the Lord.
Paul is Praying that our lives under the LORDSHIP of JESUS CHRIST would DWELL and take over our whole life.
websites we go to | Treat Each Other | Thoughts | Spend our Money | The way we are preparing to “Take it back” | The way we go to TAKE GROUND
Feeling condemend? That’s the enemy, feeling Conicted? That’s the Spirit - Our job, is not to act like we live a pristine life, it’s to respond quickly.
What does it look like to do what paul is saying? to clear the mess?
Application
Application
Alexis room - Messy “I will get rid of the stuff” - The mess was preventing the function of her room.
The mess in your life, that Paul wants you to get rid of, is preventing your function!
What did King David do? Took the Weight Off - He took off that which he did not need.
Most of us are waiting to get something, but God is saying, I want you to get rid of something, because I have given you EVERYTHING you NEED to be ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
God has given you everything you need, to do everything you need to do, at the time you need to do it.
The word to prove it.
Then he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones from the brook and put them in his shepherd’s pouch. His sling was in his hand, and he approached the Philistine.
David, was only armed with a shephard staff and a slingshot.
When you are chosen by God - What you have NOW is your weapon. “I don’t have anything” yes you do, you just don’t have the right perspective on it
We need to look at what God has given us | The gifts | as the weapons that he has given us to beat the battle we are facing.
Then _____ Armed only with ____ and ____ Started, continued _____
You might have something small, like David | it;s OK.
For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. “These seven are the eyes of the Lord, which range through the whole earth.”
Don’t despise small beginnings, begin the work - Have Faith in what God is going to do.
God is trying to show you that the insufficiencies of what you have, is sufficient for HIM TO MOVE.
If you step forward in Faith - Everything that you don’t have, he will come and fill in the gaps - why? Because GOD WANTS THE GLORY.
This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
But he has no sword? HE HAD NO SWORD - Go into situations with Faith that God will deliver it, if it’s HIS WILL. “Lord if you have called me to this business, it’s all on you but I know by FAITH you have placed me here”
“Lord, I know by FAITH You have placed me in this marraige” “At this church” “In this relationship” “In front of this person”
The very thing that you’re counting out, that God is counting on.
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in the hand of David.
He goes to goliath, pulles Goliath’s sword - He used, what he WON in the BATTLE as his WEAPON.
The weapon, for your next battle, will come from your current struggle.
Today’s warfare, will produce tomorrows weapons.
Just fight, what is in front of you, forget the next big battle.
“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
God has given everything that you need, to do everything you need to do, at the time you need to do it.
Pauls prayer, is to clear our heart, make room for him, so that he can work, and realise what He has given us, we won’t fight 9 foot giants, but we have our own battles, spiritual, not flesh and blood.
It might be anxiety | unbelief | nervousness | Lust | belief
Pauls prayer,
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Rooted and grounded - Anchored to Jesus - Wind and waves come, you are rooted - Grounded- Firm foundation - your life built on him.
Pauls prayer is that we would KNOW his Love - We may hear it but ask God to reveal it to you.
You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
We have to go after the process - Jesus withdrew, to a private spot - it’s not religious, but read your bible more, know the promises of God more.
We have not truly learnt how to come upon the throne of grace - Vending machine society - We have learnt to be impatiant - we think, we pray, we get.
Go home, open fridge, stare at it - we think, or nothing there, so we get in our car, go to a restaurant, get someoen to serve us, or just get take away - worse in the city, they have this thing called UBER EATS - This is our life - remember 3 visitors came to abraham - the Lord and 2 angels - Sarah had to go prepare meal, it waws a process, they understood process.
We need to understand process - it’s not instantaneous- there are trials we must go through - there are battles we must face, there is time we must take to seek the lord.
Inspo and Close
Inspo and Close
Leave you with this;
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Great doxology.
He is Able | He Is able to do | He is able to do what we ask | He is able to do what we think | He is able to do ALL that we ask or think | He is able to do more abundatly than all we ask or think | He is able to do FAR more abundantly than ALL we ask or think.
Want to know what God is thinking? We can’t.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.
Show me what you ahve given me Lord - My name is Mathew, Armed only wiht the Love of God and the Holy Spirit, is continueing to Shepard your people -
What is it for you? What has he given you? How has he armed you? what do you need to get rid of?
God has given you everything you need, to do what you need to do, at the time you need it.
Clear your heart, seek his face, and pick up what he has put in your hands, because the body needs you
**Prayer**
**Altar Call**