Coracle: Spiritual Drifting

CORACLE: DRIFTING FROM MY PASSION?

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) Two part.

LET US LOOK AT A LITERARY DEVICE: QUESTIONS WOULD NORMALLY BE ASKED TO BE ANSWERED. PAUL ASK A RHETORICAL QUESTION (BRIDGE): NOT EXPECT AN ANSWER… BUT TO GET YOU TO THINK.

The Preacher makes a statement: YOU DID SHOW A LOT OF POTENTIAL, but Paul ask what is hindering you? Let us think about this:

Galatians 5:7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?

PASSION? DO I LIVE IN A DAILY PASSION OF LIFE? THERE ARE TWO APPOINTMENTS SET. WHAT IS TOMORROW NEVER COMES?

Ecclesiastes 3:2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.

A broken heart can hurt more than broken ribs. LET ME TELL YOU A DEEP TRUTH ABOUT MAN’S UNDERSTANDING… (WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND MUCH.) ARE WE DROWNING IN HOPELESSNESS, DESPAIR AND FEAR? HAVE WE LOST OUR HEARTS IN PAIN, STORMS AND TRIALS? NO ONE CAN PULL YOU OUT OF THIS BUT YOU. IF YOU CAN’T FIX IT --- THEN WE MUST TRUST THE HOLY SPIRIT TO HELP.

There is a time to quit crying, but you can’t quit, we are near the end of our journeys. QUIT CRYING AND START PRAISING. God will close the wrong doors. God will open the right doors. Quit licking your wounds my friend. God is with you and he never sleeps. God has your back.

TRUE SPIRITUALITY IS NOT MEASURED BY HOW MANY GIFTS WH HAVE OR HOW MANY WE GIVE. God does not measure by our billfold or head. God measures us by our heart, how we forgive and HOW WE LOVE. DREAMS ABOVE FEAR

Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

PASSION? WE NEED A SPIRIT OF GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION. WHAT IS OUR PURPOSE? DRIFTING?

Hebrews 2:1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. 2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; 4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?

*DRIFTING: to move with the current, no direction, not under your own power, no control, circumstances control, to drift apart or away from, distracted, lost of focus, disconnect,

ARE WE DRIFTING: THE MAIN THING IS TO KEEP THE MAIN THING THE MAIN THING!

Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

WE NEED TO STAY FOCUSED AND STAY ON COURSE. Do we forget God’s word? Do we get so busy we forsake God’s plan.

ARISTOTLE is credited for saying: WE ARE WHAT WE REPEATEDLY DO. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

MANY RELIGIOUS PEOPLE ALLOW THE EASY ROAD. LET US JUST FLOAT WHERE THE CURRENT TAKES US.

*CORACLE: small, rounded lightweight boat made of reeds covered with skins, Irish monks would set sail in CORACLES

With no sails or no oars --- they desired more of God so they would go on a pilgrimage. The monks would allow the wind and currents to take them where ever: RADICAL SURRENDER. We are all in a boat with no rudder, no oars and no sails. The monks would trust

*DRIFT: aimless, to lose interest, to lose affection or passion, to wander away, to lack in purpose, the tendency to go back to old behavior patterns, gradual, to be carried slowly, to move around with seemingly no fixed destination, to wander, no specific direction, move where ever the currect takes you, to be pushed not under own power, no plan-no purpose, TO GET INTO A SITUATION NOT PLANNED,

Hebrews 2:1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. 2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; 4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?