#1 I Found It! Eureka!

#1 EUREKA... I HAVE FOUND IT...

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com

I. INTRODUCTION:

I KNOW FOR A CERTAINY THAT MOST OF MY LIFE UNCERTAINITIES WILL BE PART

OF MY JOURNEY.

WHAT WILL WE DO WHEN WE RECEIVE BAD NEWS... ???

HOW WILL YOU LOOK AT THE FUTURE WHEN THE FUTURE APPEARS TO BE TERRIBLE?

Hebrews 6:19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast,

and which entereth into that within the veil;

A. Do you realize the way you look at the future influences what you will do with today?

They way we look at the future we can harbor tenancies of gloom, despair and we can

be OVERCOME by EXPECTING THE WORSE.

If we are moved by PESSIMISM... doom and gloom... OUR THOUGHT PATTERNS and

DAILY ACTIONS and even our WORDS will establish the PATTERN TO ACCEPT WE HAVE

NO FUTURE...

B. We yield to HOPELESSNESS, DEFEATISM, NEGATIVIITY, CYNICISM, MISERY, DESPAIR,

GLOOM and we walk daily in DEPRESSION as a way of life.

C. Are we allowing the circumstances and happening of today to DICTATE to our SPIRIT

PERSON? The Bible has ALWAYS FOCUSED on a GREAT SENSE OF EXPECTATION OF

HOPE. We clearly state on BIBLICAL PROMISES...

D. FEAR CAN PARALYZE ANY BELIEVER... I propose that LOOSING HOPE AND PEACE will make

one feeble and LOOSE SIGHT OF THEIR GOAL.

Most journeys may have STRANGE TWIST that make little sense to the eyes or the emotions.

Often mental, physical, emotional and SPIRITUAL HEALTH CAN BE TESTED WHERE THERE IS

A LOSE OF HOPE AND PEACE.

E. THERE IS GOOD NEWS... THE BAD NEWS DOES NOT HAVE TO CONTROL OUR HEARTS.

We can make the choice to NOT BE DOWN-HEARTED...

THE GOOD NEWS ALLOWS EACH BELIEVER TO STAND AND DREAM AND LONG IN

CONFIDENCE THAT OUR GOD IS IN CONTROL.

F. NOTHING CAN HAPPEN TODAY THAT CAUGHT OUR GOD OFF GUARD.

God all through history has taken BAD NEWS and IMPOSSIBLE SITUATIONS and turned

the SITUATION to benefit the individual, the family, the church or the whole society.

G. IF GOD BRINGS ME TO IT --- GOD CAN BRING ME THROUGH IT ---

WE HAVE A FUTURE! JESUS IS COMING AGAIN!

WE MUST DEVELOP A STRONG FAITH FOUNDATION THAT NOTHING CAN HAPPEN TO ME

OR IN ME THAT CAN NOT MAKE ME A BETTER PERSON...

H. I am here to learn, to develop, to grow... God has a plan... This plan will make me a better

person.

I. I am told about a great masterpiece sculpted out of marble.

When it was unveiled the masterpiece was a huge horse. The horse's nostrils were perfect.

The muscles were amazing, even the veins stood out.

The critics were all amazed at the great statue of the horse.

Someone spoke out of the crowd... "HOW DID YOU DO IT?'

The master with the hammer and chisel stepped forward and said:

"IT WAS VERY EASY, I TOOK MY HAMMER AND CHISEL AND KNOCKED OFF EVERYTHING

THAT DID NOT LOOK LIKE A HORSE!

J. Can you hear the Master? The plan is to build better people.

It is important to focus on HOPE...

THOSE CAN THHAT THING THEY CAN!

K. Any person that is breathing that HAS LITTLE TO NO HOPE is limited...

I MUST FOCUS ON THE ANCHOR OF HOPE...

HOPE CAN BE SURE AND STEADFAST

L. Paul the preacher had warned the captain of the ship...

The storms came and appeared to have DEFEATED the PURPOSE...

Yet, the leaders had enough sense to DROP THE ANCHOR AND WISH FOR THE DAY...

Acts 27:29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the

stern, and wished for the day.

M. If uncertainties are certain... Then I must find that spot at the FOOT OF THE CROSS...

When all around me appears to be SHIFTING SAND ... THE IS A SOLID ROCK ON WHICH

I CAN STAND.

N. IT IS EASIER TO DIAGNOSE PHYSICAL PROBLEMS THAN SPIRITUAL TRUTHS...

Seems we can X-RAY or use a CAT SCAN on the heart or lungs than to

O. SEE SPIRITUAL SYMPTOMS and DIAGNOSING THE REAL PROBLEM OF LIFE AND

WORSHIP AND KNOWING GOD CAN NEVER BE EASY.

We must IDENTIIFY and CORRECT UNHEALTHY EMOTIONAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL

PROBLEMS. We have a HEALER IN OUR MIDST.

P. GREAT MEN OF GOD KNEW THE CERTAINTY OF UNCERTAINIES AND HAD TO OVERCOME...

VICTORY MAY TAKE MANY FORMS...

Hebrews 11:36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds

and imprisonment:

[37] They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they

wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

[38] (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in