Hebrews 3:15
"...Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion."
"...Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion."
One of my messages is a message of motivation (coaching you to do better-- the other is a visitation message.) The message depends on whether you’ve been sleeping and you need to wakeup, or you're awake and lazy. They are both prophetic. This is a prophetic hour. Hear what God is speaking to you.
Noah didn’t have a backup plan. Jesus didn’t have a backup plan. I pray you don’t have a back up plan. God has created you for a purpose. Wake up to that purpose.
Some people hide among their stuff rather than do what they need to do. It would not have been sufficient for Noah to get all the stuff together to build the Ark and then hide out among the stuff. We do that with our gifts. We have a gift of serving but for fear of being used, hide out. We can sing, but that would require attending praise and worship practice and perhaps practicing our gift at home, so we hide out.
Turn with me to: 1 Samuel 10:20-11:20 where we find out that Saul was not like his brethren. He was much taller, literally head and shoulders above everyone else, yet he hid in the supplies.
Noah didn’t have a backup plan. Jesus didn’t have a backup plan. I pray you don’t have a back up plan. God has created you for a purpose. Wake up to that purpose.
Some people hide among their stuff rather than do what they need to do. It would not have been sufficient for Noah to get all the stuff together to build the Ark and then hide out among the stuff. We do that with our gifts. We have a gift of serving but for fear of being used, hide out. We can sing, but that would require attending praise and worship practice and perhaps practicing our gift at home, so we hide out.
Turn with me to: 1 Samuel 10:20-11:20 where we find out that Saul was not like his brethren. He was much taller, literally head and shoulders above everyone else, yet he hid in the supplies.
20When Samuel had all Israel come forward by tribes, the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot. 21Then he brought forward the tribe of Benjamin, clan by clan, and Matri’s clan was taken. Finally, Saul son of Kish was taken. But when they looked for him, he was not to be found. 22So they inquired further of the Lord, “Has the man come here yet?” And the Lord said, “Yes, he has hidden himself among the supplies.”
23They ran and brought him out, and as he stood among the people he was a head taller than any of the others. (you can’t fit in when God designed you to stand out!) 24Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the man the Lord has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” (we are not to blend in-something in us shows to KING…or should)
Then the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
25Samuel explained to the people the rights and duties of kingship. He wrote them down on a scroll and deposited it before the Lord. Then Samuel dismissed the people to go to their own homes…..
26Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, accompanied by valiant men whose hearts God had touched. 27But some scoundrels said, “How can this fellow save us?” They despised him and brought him no gifts. But Saul kept silent.
1Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh (means dry) Gilead. And all the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will be subject to you.”
2But Nahash (name means serpent) the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you only on the condition that I gouge out the right eye of every one of you and so bring disgrace on all Israel.”
3The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days so we can send messengers throughout Israel; if no one comes to rescue us, we will surrender to you.”
4When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and reported these terms to the people, they all wept aloud. 5Just then Saul was returning from the fields, behind his oxen, and he asked, “What is wrong with everyone? Why are they weeping?” Then they repeated to him what the men of Jabesh had said.
6When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God came powerfully upon him, and he burned with anger. 7He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent the pieces by messengers throughout Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not follow Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out together as one. 8When Saul mustered them at Bezek, the men of Israel numbered three hundred thousand and those of Judah thirty thousand.
9They told the messengers who had come, “Say to the men of Jabesh Gilead, ‘By the time the sun is hot tomorrow, you will be rescued.’ ” When the messengers went and reported this to the men of Jabesh, they were elated. 10They said to the Ammonites, “Tomorrow we will surrender to you, and you can do to us whatever you like.”
11The next day Saul separated his men into three divisions; during the last watch of the night they broke into the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them until the heat of the day. Those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
12The people then said to Samuel, “Who was it that asked, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ Turn these men over to us so that we may put them to death.”
13But Saul said, “No one will be put to death today, for this day the Lord has rescued Israel.”
14Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingship.” 15So all the people went to Gilgal and made Saul king in the presence of the Lord. There they sacrificed fellowship offerings before the Lord, and Saul and all the Israelites held a great celebration.
Just as Saul was called out of fear to take his place of leadership, we too are being called by God to awake from or sleep and apathy and take our place.
23They ran and brought him out, and as he stood among the people he was a head taller than any of the others. (you can’t fit in when God designed you to stand out!) 24Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the man the Lord has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” (we are not to blend in-something in us shows to KING…or should)
Then the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
25Samuel explained to the people the rights and duties of kingship. He wrote them down on a scroll and deposited it before the Lord. Then Samuel dismissed the people to go to their own homes…..
26Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, accompanied by valiant men whose hearts God had touched. 27But some scoundrels said, “How can this fellow save us?” They despised him and brought him no gifts. But Saul kept silent.
1Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh (means dry) Gilead. And all the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will be subject to you.”
2But Nahash (name means serpent) the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you only on the condition that I gouge out the right eye of every one of you and so bring disgrace on all Israel.”
3The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days so we can send messengers throughout Israel; if no one comes to rescue us, we will surrender to you.”
4When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and reported these terms to the people, they all wept aloud. 5Just then Saul was returning from the fields, behind his oxen, and he asked, “What is wrong with everyone? Why are they weeping?” Then they repeated to him what the men of Jabesh had said.
6When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God came powerfully upon him, and he burned with anger. 7He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent the pieces by messengers throughout Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not follow Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out together as one. 8When Saul mustered them at Bezek, the men of Israel numbered three hundred thousand and those of Judah thirty thousand.
9They told the messengers who had come, “Say to the men of Jabesh Gilead, ‘By the time the sun is hot tomorrow, you will be rescued.’ ” When the messengers went and reported this to the men of Jabesh, they were elated. 10They said to the Ammonites, “Tomorrow we will surrender to you, and you can do to us whatever you like.”
11The next day Saul separated his men into three divisions; during the last watch of the night they broke into the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them until the heat of the day. Those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
12The people then said to Samuel, “Who was it that asked, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ Turn these men over to us so that we may put them to death.”
13But Saul said, “No one will be put to death today, for this day the Lord has rescued Israel.”
14Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingship.” 15So all the people went to Gilgal and made Saul king in the presence of the Lord. There they sacrificed fellowship offerings before the Lord, and Saul and all the Israelites held a great celebration.
Just as Saul was called out of fear to take his place of leadership, we too are being called by God to awake from or sleep and apathy and take our place.
Saul’s personality was energized when the Spirit of God gripped him. He changed from the cowardly king hiding in the baggage (1 SAMUEL10:20-22) to a bold man of action (1 SAMUEL11:5-7). Saul needed a wake up call. We all do.
All over the world in my travels I hear the Rooster crow. India, Kenya, Ghana, Palau, the Rooster crows. In the Florida Keys and my own state of West Virginia you will find a Rooster crowing. God's word never changes. Refuse to deny the spoken Word.
All over the world in my travels I hear the Rooster crow. India, Kenya, Ghana, Palau, the Rooster crows. In the Florida Keys and my own state of West Virginia you will find a Rooster crowing. God's word never changes. Refuse to deny the spoken Word.
ACTION STEP: If you have a back up plan you will never step out and obey God fully. When it gets tough you will cry out to Jesus to wake up and calm your storm. However, once the storm is calmed you will make promises you can't keep. Ask Peter. He only broke when the cock crowed and he remembered the words of Jesus. It is Jesus's words that break us. Once broken the grace to obey fully comes.
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