Checkmate: Can God Handle My Problems?

CHECKMATE: CAN GOD HANDLE OUR PROBLEMS? CHECKMATE!

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

You know what a rut is? A RUT IS AN OPEN ENDED GRAVE… Seems negatively is a trap that tired believers fall into and have trouble getting out. Have you ever got yourself in such a mess that there seems to be no solution? Do you ever ponder: Can God handle my problems?

Jude 1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

Jude 1:24 (MSG) And now to him who can keep you on your feet, standing tall in his bright presence, fresh and celebrating—

AM I A NATURAL LOSER? IS THERE ANY HOPE? GOOD FRIDAY? Trapped? CHESS?

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Philippians 4:13 (MSG) Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am.

Let us look at a 64 checker board square. There are 16 pieces. One KING, one Queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops and eight pawns. Each group of the pieces can move differently. THE KING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE. The object is to trap the KING. Then the whole army has lost. When the KING can move no more it is declared CHECKMATE.

Come let us take a closer look IN THE LOUVRE IN PARIS, FRANCE. There is AN ART MUSEUM WHERE THERE IS A PICTURE CALLED CHECKMATE… painted by Moritz August Retzsch.

The devil is sitting on the right with an arrogant confidence on his face. The man sitting on the left has a defeated look on his face. The story goes when Satan wins the man lost his soul. The man has his head buried in his hand and it appears that the devil has beat him in the game of chess. The man is cornered… No hope.

One day there was a group on the tour through the museum. There is an angel in the middle. Satan is laughing as he has defeated the man. The game is over when the KING CAN MOVE NO MORE… Once the King is trapped the chess game is called “CHECKMATE,” the game is over.

This tour had a GRAND CHESS MASTER in the group. The group moves to the next picture and the next picture. The GRAND CHESS MASTER stays behind and studies the chess board. In the picture. As the master studied the “CHECKMATE” where the man lost to the devil, he started yelling: WAIT, WAIT A MINUTE SAYS THE CHESS MASTER, THE GAME IS NOT OVER… THE KING HAS ONE MORE MOVE… The depressed man’s KING HAS ONE MORE MOVE… the man defeats the enemy.

THERE IS A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEMS. GOD HAS A VICTORY PLAN… GOD ALWAYS HAS ONE MORE MOVE… NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER QUIT! THE KING HAS ONE MORE MOVE…

CHECKMATE: IT’S BEGINNING TO RAIN, RAIN, RAIN… THE KING HAS ANOTHER MOVE… THE WORLD IS EVIL. The people are EATING, DRINKING AND GIVEN IN MARRIAGE. IT APPEARS THE PROBLEMS ARE BEYOND REPAIR. BUT GOD HAS A PLAN… THERE ARE EIGHT PEOPLE ON BOARD THE ARK… GOD SHUTS THE DOOR… Sin looks hopeless.

Genesis 8:12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.

THE KING HAS ANOTHER MOVE… CAN GOD HANDLE MY PROBLEM? If God handled Noah and his family, HE CAN HANDLE YOUR FAMILY.

Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

CHECKMATE: THERE ARE MILLIONS OF HUNGRY PEOPLE… IT IS ESTIMATED IT WOULD REQUIRE 2,000 TONS OF FOOD A DAY TO FEED ALL GOD’S PEOPLE. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO FOOD AND NO MCDONALDS…? THE PICTURE APPEARS HOPELESS… THE KING IS TRAPPED?

Exodus 16:12 have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.

There was a question: WHAT IS IT? MANNA … Like a white coriander seed. There was an OMER RULE for DIRECTION… no more, no less… MANNA WAS SUPERNATURAL FOOD THAT WAS PROVIDED 40 YEARS… Checkmate? MANNA CONTAINED ALL THE NUTRIENTS AND VITAMINS NEEDED. The King has one more move… It would have taken several train loads of food… THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN 3 FREIGHT TRAINS A MILE LONG PER DAY… The KING CAN!

IF GOD CAN HANDLE THEIR PROBLEMS, RECKON HE CAN HANDLE YOUR PROBLEMS?

CHECKMATE THE ENEMY LAUGHS: WE HAVE NO WATER… WATER IS ESSENTIAL… IT WOULD REQUIRE 11 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER A DAY. TO TRANSPORT THAT MUCH WATER WOULD REQUIRE A TRAIN 1,800 MILES LONG.