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Introduction

If you'll be honest and truthful tonight you would agree with me when i say..

All of us have some insecurities, we have some things that we wrestle with, some things that were not necessarily proud

of and the truth of the matter is God does not have a problem with us having insecurities the problem happens when our insecurities have us.

That's a challenge and if we are not careful one of the main things we'll

see that may happen to us is that our insecurities will develop in us what psychologists called an inferiority complex.

Some reason because of whatever we're dealing with, whatever we feel is causing

these insecure moments.

we'll often times allow us to think that we're less than who God has called us to be.

Have you had moments like that?

Have you had times because of some issue because of some strain because of some insecurities you oftentimes have acted less than what you know God has called you to be if we're not careful we'll oftentimes be inferior act less then.

It can be matured or manifested on our job we'll sit back because average is easy it's easy to act less than it's

easy not to show your true gift set, it's easy not to be all that God wants us to be let's be honest that's the tension

Many of us know from personal experience how easy it is to stick in the crowd.

easy to be like everybody else, it's easy to allow your hurt to be your excuse, it's easy to say well no one in my

family ever did it, is easy to assume that because of certain things even though you know in your heart I'm better

than this its easy because somehow we get stifled, we get paralyzed by fear and

failure but I'm here to tell you my brothers and sisters no matter how comfortable even though we may go

through some things I'm here to share with you that where you are being inferior, thinking with that mindset is never

what God meant for us, God never intended for us to stay in a less-than position

God always wanted us to operate at optimal God wants us to be our best best

us and that's what we see in our text today it's in this moment matter of fact that

comes to us at a very important time samuel is getting ready to announce to all of israel who the new king shall be

then answered prayer God is getting ready to now put Saul in his prominent

place however when Samuel makes the declaration winner he calls Saul's name Saul is not there

can you hear as the applaud begins to go down Samuel calls God what's up where's this brother at and God tell Samuel

where Saul is. the one that's about to be the king is hiding behind the baggage

here's my question to raise for you today what baggage are you hiding behind baggage in itself how were you defining

it perhaps there's some emotional burden something that's easy what baggage do you find yourself when God is about to

do something but instead of walking into divine destiny you stay stuck behind baggage and my brothers and

sisters I'm here to deliver or help somebody today my chief aim is to tell you that where you are what baggage you're

holding on to what baggage you're hiding behind God said that is not what I've destined for your life you're gonna have

to make a decision are you gonna choose the

Baggage or the Blessing

and that's what happens my brother and

sisters stories told of a homeless woman who happened to be an area of this church she was kind of honoree sometimes

she would beg people for something but tragically this woman was found deceased authorities did not know who she was

they asked that neighboring Church will you please take care of her homegoing they honored the request day they

bury her in an unmarked grave but to their surprise a few weeks later they get a call some authorities had did some

research come to find out she was not some nameless woman that was out on the street begging with eggs come to find out she had inherited

a mass fortune she had great wealth she had land and houses but she chose the

baggage over her favored inheritance the question of day is this

are you gonna be like this woman are you gonna choose the baggage over the blessing

and that's what seems to be

followed by the central leader of our text it seemed and at this critical moment SAul chooses baggage but one thing I'm here

to tell you is why God sent me on assignment today why God press this word in my heart why some of you showed up

and didn't even realize why you showed up and because God's saying no longer can I allow you to stay behind baggage

I've got something that's so special about you I've got something so unique about you I got something so individual

about you you're robbing the world and the kingdom of who you are if you continue to hide behind some baggage I

come to let somebody to know today is your coming-out party God sent me on assignment to declare that I know the

baggage may seem comfortable and I don't know how long you've been there but just point to you and tell

You….

I got to move beyond this baggage this is the season God is simply sent me

on assignment to tell you you are too big for this baggage and I don't know what it is and I don't want to minimize

your misery I'm not simply trying to tell you the hurt wasnt real I'm not telling you the pain you didnt feel I'm not telling you the abuse didnt hurt I'm not saying none of it is real baggage is real but what I am saying is that with

the power of faith and the purpose of God you can move from the hurt of baggage into the promise of God's

blessing I'm here to tell you that no matter what baggage you're hiding behind that baggage is no place for royalty I'm

here to tell you that when you embrace who God wants you to be God has simply tell you the expiration date on hiding

behind baggage is upon you today is not tomorrow it's not next week God is simply telling me that today

somebody's gonna receive the delivers that today his clarion call to you is get from behind that baggage that's our

aim today my brothers and sisters that's the relevant question I want to raise for you today that's what I simply want to answer for someone today because

someone came in here downtrodden it and in despair God sent me to tell you I got so much in store for you but you've got

to make the decision today I've got to make my decision brother Hamilton that I'm gonna move beyond my baggage that's

my simple aim in this particularly pericope today allow me to share with you a in word is an alliterative

outlined just some principles I want to share for you this text is really pregnant I hope you roll with me today I've been trying my best all day to kind

of make this make sense but I believe that as we examine this narrative as we see what moves saul from baggage to

blessing it will expose not just what happened in Saul's life but also what can happen in our lives are you

interested today is there anyone in here need to hear this word anyone in here they said I'm tired of

being stuck behind baggage here God wants me to tell you that when you move from that baggage God highlights some

things in your life here it is my brothers and sister here principle I want you to write down that when we move and mature behind our

baggage God sent me to tell you that what that proves what that highlights is that we are

Chosen w/ Baggage

that when we make the decision to move beyond our baggage what God shows you is that

he chooses us without apology that's the text my brother says matter of fact in order for us to really get what's

happening in this passage you got to go back to the beginning portion of 1st Samuel chapter 10

the narrative between Samuel and saul while Saul was chasing lost donkeys God was

driving him to destiny and he gets right there to the Prophet the man of God by the name of Samuel Samuel had a dream

the night before that God had told him Saul was gonna be the new king and when we start 1st Samuel chapter 13 is an

intimate moment where we see Saul now kneeled in front of Samuel Samuel now pours out the anointing all of all over

Saul lifts him up kisses him on the cheek tells him that God is going to confirm at his assignment that show him

that God is a supplier of needs God is an answer of question and God will give you the power that you deserve that's what

we see in the beginning the first samuel chapter 10 and here in this private intimate moment he is reassured through

the Word of God that Saul will be the next king but that's what happens my brothers and sisters as we move on to

verse 16 17 and 18 it moves from a private encounter - now this public

Proclamation and that's what I love about God if I had I'm gonna poke somebody right there cuz I appreciate that about God that God

don't just give us private promises but he also gives us public proclamations I serve a God that he'll whisper destiny

in your heart and I know some of you are struggling because God has said some stuff to you and you say

Lord when you gonna tell everybody else let me help you just hang on in there God gave you a promise it ain't

gonna be sheltered or hidden but he's gonna let the world know he's gonna expose what he told you privately and put it on

public display somebody can testify if you just wait on God if you just trust in God God is able to take you from the

private promises to public proclamation and that's what we see

taking place in this passage Samuel now congregates the entire nation of Israel

can you imagine the place is called mitzvah and when you study it you'll note that this was an intriguing place this was the last place of spiritual

revitalization for the nation of Israel it was what many would consider the last place of their major victory over the

Philistines some have even suggested that it was the home base of the tabernacle this was a prominent place in

the spiritual walk of all of Israel and Samuel call everyone to this place cause everyone to come in because now

he's announcing to them God's answer to their prayer that God was now going to select out of all of them his new king

this is intriguing because remember the prayer they asked for was first of all the prayer that was disrespectful to God

God had been their king but because they wanted to be like everybody else they asked God for a king and even though God

didn't like it he honored to their requests and here's the powerful thing about God that even though he didn't