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OVERCOMING THE STUFF THAT KEEPS US STUCK
Or
ILLUSTRATE THE DIFFICULTY OF MOVING BEING STUCK
ILLUSTRATE THE DIFFICULTY OF MOVING BEING STUCK
Synopsis of Pilgrim’s Progress
Last week we heard the Lord telling us to go:
To go in spite of what cant see or the uncertainties in front of us.
His Word is Our Vision.
But the problem with going that challenges us, is that where we are (the place we are in) can be so enticing that it is hard to leave the comforts of our current situation.
All of us know comfort, because all of us are enchanted by the American Dream: of prosperity and comfort.
DON’T GET ME WRONG, GOD IS NOT OPPOSED TO COMFORT OR PROSPERITY
Scripture about God is our comfort
Scripture about Prosperity
(whatever he does he prospers)
God is not opposed to comfort and prosperity: HE IS AT OPPOSED TO WITH OUR SEEKING AND BEING SATISFIED WITH ANY COMFORT AND PROSPERITY OUTSIDE OF HIM!
BUT THERE IS ANOTHER ANGEL HERE; THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT KEEPS US FROM STEPPING OUT IN FAITH; THAT HOLDS US BACK
I WOULD EVEN THINK THAT THIS SOMETHING ELSE HAS AN EVEN GREATER PULL ON US THAN PROSPERITY AND COMFORT
IT IS MORE POWERFUL THAN THE ALLURE OF SUCCESS, FAME AND FORTUNE.
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS AND YOU CAN MARK IT, IMMEDIATELY.
SOME ARE STILL SHACKED BY IT, IN SLAVERY TO ITS POWER
OTHERS OF US BATTLE IT MORE OFTEN THAN WE WOULD LIKE AND FALL UNDER ITS POWER TOO OFTEN.
BUT….
AS POWERFUL AS IT IS, WHEN IT IS DISCOVERED AND DEALT WITH, WE WILL BE UNBURDENED BY ITS POWER AND OUR LIFE AND SOUL UNLEASHED INTO A SUPERNATURAL DIMENSION OF EFFECTIVENESS FOR GOD IN WAYS THAT ARE INCALCULABLE.
WHAT IS THIS THING THAT KEEPS US STUCK: THREE WORDS:
OUR UNGODLY PAST
OUR MESSED UP YESTERDAY
Often times we view our past like we view quicksand: it takes us under and renders us incapable and unworthy of a future full of joy, life, vitality and purpose.
Our past can make us feel un-useable.
We can feel that we are good for nothing but to sink in the combination of sands and waters of our sin that have come together to sink us!
Ø You know, that stuff you did that you not only regret, but you live in agonizing, ongoing regret.
Ø You feel stuck and even more everytime you feel like going forward, that stuff pulls you back.
· The power of quicksand is not that it is sand – but that is the combination of water and sand.
By themselves both are not in and of themselves dangerous.
BUT WHEN THEY COME TOGETHER, THEY HAVE THE POWER TO PARALYZE YOU
THE ENEMY IS ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE THE STUFF OF YOUR PAST CONNECT WITH THE GUILT YOU WONT LET GO OF IN ORDER TO BRING YOU UNDER - TO SUFFOCATE YOU AND TAKE YOU OUT!
BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT QUICKSAND.
LET ME LET YOU IN ON SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW
QUICKSAND
“QUICKSAND IS NOT AS DANGEROUS AS IT IS OFTEN ADVERTISED
· BUT QUICKSAND IS NOT AS DANGEROUS AS IT IS OFTEN ADVERTIZED
In fact, studies have found it is impossible to be completely submerged in quicksand because humans are less dense than quicksand and a person would only sink to their chest before they begin to float.
But what can make quick sand deadly is its ability to trap and hold unsuspecting victims.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS MORNING THAT OUR PAST, LIKE QUICKSAND IS NOT AS DEBILITATING AS WE ARE MADE TO THINK.
The devil HAS tricked us into thinking that our past disqualifies by constantly showing us our failure and shame.
BUT its not just the devil – we can sabotage ourselves by always and only letting where we have been to be a debilitating cause of our forward progress in faith
OUR PAST RAISES TO THE SURFACE OF OUR EXISTENCE PAIN AND GUILT THAT CAUSE US TO THINKK AND FEEL LIKE YOU COULD NEVER HAVE WHAT THE LORD SAYS HE WANTS FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE FAILED SO MUCH.
NOT ONLY THAT, YOU DON’T EVEN THINK YOU DESERVE WHAT THE LORD HAS FOR YOU.
SO WE LIVE, PARALYZED BY TWO REALITIES: THE SHAME OF OUR PAST FAILURES AND FEAR OF FUTURE FAILURE
THE SHAME OF OUR PAST FAILURES AND FEAR OF FUTURE FAILURE
SHAME - THE PARALYZING FEELING THAT I WILL NEVER BE BETTER THAN MY SINFUL PAST
FEAR - THE PARALYZING FEELING THAT I WILL ALWAYS MESS OVER GOD’S GRACE IN THE FUTURE
THESE TWO EMOTIONAL REALITIES KEEP MEN AND WOMEN STUCK FROM WALKING IN FAITH BECAUSE THEY CRIPPLE OUR FAITH.
GET THIS
IF FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR - SHAME AND FEAR CHOKE OUT HOPE
IF FAITH THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN: FEAR AND SHAME ARE THE ONLY EVIDENCE I SEE
BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO STEP OUT IN FAITH; IF WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THE SHAME OF OUR PAST FAILURES AND THE FEAR OF FUTURE FAILURE
HOW DO YOU DO THIS
1. TRUSTING HIS PROMISES
GOD CALLS ABRAM TO GO TO AN UNKNOWN PLACE, BUT HE MAKES HIMSELF KNOWN BY GIVING ABRAM FIVE PROMISES
V2 - I WILL MAKE YOU A GREAT NATION
V2 - I WILL BLESS YOU AND MAKE YOUR NAME GREAT
V3 - I WILL BLESS THOSE WHO BLESS YOU
V3 - I WILL CURSE THOSE WHO CURSE YOU
V3 - IN YOU ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH WILL BE BLESSED
FOR ALL OF THE FEAR THAT ABRAM COULD HAVE HAD - HE WENT ANYWAY BECAUSE GOD MADE SOME PROMISES TO HIM
He is a THREE WORD SOLUTION to that nagging past that produces fear and shame: "YOU GOT PROMISES”
"YOU GOT PROMISES”
This is the only thing that makes you different.
YOU WONT HAVE A FRUSTRATION free life; etc.
what separates you is that you have promises
FIVE PROMISES
NOTICE THAT GOD JUST DOES NOT GIVE ABRAM PROMISES ABOUT HIS GREAT FUTURE.
HE DOES NOT SAY
V2 - YOU WILL BE YOU A GREAT NATION
V2 - YOU WILL BE BLESSED YOU AND YOUR NAME WILL BE GREAT
V3 - YOU WILL BLESS BY THOSE WHO BLESS YOU
He
V3 - YOU WILL CURSE THOSE WHO CURSE YOU
NO!!!!! THE CERTAINTY OF THE PROMISES IS IN THOSE POWERFUL TWO WORDS THAT MAKE EVERY PROMISE OF GOD SOLID: “I WILL”
ABRAM WENT BECAUSE GOD SAID: I WILL
TO YOUR SHAME AND TO YOUR FEAR: GOD IS SAYING I WILL
GOD gives YOU the certainty of His “I WILL” in-spite of AND OVER who YOU WERE
You can’t eliminate fear and you cannot live truly without failure but here is the key: They do not need to dominate your outlook by keeping you from you stuck!
YOU GOT PROMISES!
ABRAM WALKS OUT AND HE GOES TO CANAAN AND THE CANAANITES WERE THERE
In Shechem - he built an altar
In Bethel - He built an altar
EVERY PLACE WHERE THE ENEMY WAS ABRAM SAID - THIS BELONGS TO GOD.
HOW COULD HE BE SO BOLD?
HE HAD PROMISES
LISTEN TO ME: IN ORDER FOR YOU GO YOU WILL HAVE TO RECLAIM SOME TERRITORY THAT THE DEVIL AND SIN HAVE SET UP CAMP!
- You have to go back over some stolen territory and stamp it: The Lord’s
- Go back over some …
EVERYWHERE SIN HAS HAD VICTORY IN YOUR LIFE BUILD AN ALTAR (PUT GOD’S COVERING AND FORGIVING PRESENCE OVER IT) -
I KNOW IT LOOKS TOUGH BUT YOU GOT PROMISES
I KNOW IT LOOKS TOUGH ETC BUT YOU GOT PROMISES
I GOT A SON THAT’S OUT THERE - BUT I GOT PROMISES
I GOT A MARRIAGE THAT’S STRUGGLING - BUT I GOT PROMISES
I’M HAVING TROUBLES FINDING A SPOUSE - BUT I GOT PROMISES
I GOT BILLS PILED UP - BUT I GOT PROMISES
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