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Intro:
(Barrel dealing with Overcoming Adversity)
“ if you’re not in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?”
T. S. Elliot
…..and I think that whenever adversity measures to be taller than our tolerance levels
……….our intentionality sets the tone for our life outcomes!
(pause and expound on desire to fight through)
Look at it now......
Jephtah has an extraordinary life story that is jam packed with adversity in this scripture......
He is the son of a prostitute.
……….and so there has to be some adversity in the area of self worth
He was rejected by his brothers.
……and so there has to be some adversity in the area of esteem and belonging
After he was rejected, Israel got in trouble and wanted to call him back home to be their commander.
……….and so now I would presume that he is suspended between this tension of abandonment and allegiance.
How do I convince myself to help the same people who threw me away?
And if that was not enough……..
He makes a vow to God to win a battle against the Ammonites, and has to sacrifice his only daughter as a result of the promise he made to God.
(pause)
And so.....
If anybody has tasted the bitter cup of adversity……
……..it has to be Jephtah!
(pause)
And when I found him in tonight’s text.......
.......something stood out to me about how he approached his life.
(pause)
And what stands out to me about him......
.......is that he seems to have the type of mindset that suggests,
“I’m willing to do WHATEVER it takes!”
(pause)
And as I examined his mindset......
I thought about all of the adversity that he has experienced.
And I said to myself.......
It seems as though the adversity that he has experienced has produced the opposite of what would be expected!
(pause)
We would think that he would not be up to the challenge of going into another battle.
But his mindset does not suggest that he is afraid to go into another battle....
.....as a matter of fact
.....his mindset suggests that he has learned to Master his Adversity!
(pause)
Its almost as though he has made a concscious decision that says.....
I refuse to allow my adversity to pull me out of my own story!
(pause)
Listen to the text Freedom......
According to the text......
The men of Ephraim have showed up late to the battle...
.......and allowed their pride to get in the way......
(slight pause)
Because.....
.......they are dissapointed in the fact that Jephtah has gone into a battle without calling them first.
And according to the text......
......they got so vexed with Jephtah that they threatened to burn the man house down!
(pause)
Now I don’t know if they just talking or what......
But those are some strong words to be throwing around!
(pause and expound)
And now let me show you something that really kind of threw me for a loop........
.......when I began to understand the mindset of these Ephramite soldiers.
Because.....
.......the reason they didnt want Jephtah to go into battle without them
.....is because they saw him and the Gileadites that he was leading as insignificant,
.......or too small to go into a war on their own!
(pause)
But what I love about Jephtah is the fact that.........
......he does not allow how others think about him determine how he thinks about himself!
And Freedom I came to tell somebody.......
You can’t be walking around life with a mindset of insignificance....
......just because someone else thinks you are too small for your battles!
(pause)
That’s how FEAR gets started!
(slight pause)
........somebody else tells us what we cannot be
......or what we cannot do
.....because they only see your limitations in relation to the obstacles that you have to overcome.
(pause)
But what they don’t realize.......
.......is that BIG things come in SMALL packages!
(pause)
A microscopic virus can defeat an elephant.
A computer chip the size of your fingernail can send us to Jupiter and back.
Giant Redwood trees grow from tiny seeds.
(pause and expound)
Watch the text now......
The text says....
“We were engaged in conflict”
In other words......
“We were in the middle of a battle”
And then he says.....
“While we were in the middle of a battle.........
......I called you for help
.......but you didn’t come
(pause)
Freedom.....
I don’t know if you’ve ever been in this type of situation.....
But it’s a bad feeling.......
To be getting ready to be going into a fight..........
(slight pause)
and Calling for help.........
(slight pause)
.....but NO RESPONSE!
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