Dirt (Devine Intervention Righteous Triumph)

2 Timothy 2:15 says “ Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

• 3rd: Sometimes We Need to Just Shake Things Off

Now remember there was not one truckload of dirt, but many. Each truckload of dirt presented the opportunity for the mule to fail, but instead he chose to work through it, to shake it off. When the dirt reached the top of the well, the mule just shook the dirt off and walked away a wiser mule. Mission accomplished! What had been intended to bury him only made him stronger. We have the same choices in life each time we face a trial. Wouldn’t we be better off if we operated in the DIRT (Divine Intervention Righteous Triumph) principle and just shook off a lot of things. Instead of allowing situations to take residence in our life we should seek God and through His strength righteously triumph.

We find a similar story of shaking things off in Acts 28:3-5.

When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand. When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.” He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

Understand I’m not asking anyone to get bit by snakes and shake them off. You might not work through that. You might be dead! However, spiritually speaking each day we have snakes of temptation that attempt to attach to us. You know that nagging habit, that sin that we continue to stumble in, that flaw that we are working on fixing. Only through divine intervention can we righteously triumph. Immediate action must be taken. Time is not our ally! We have to develop a dependence on the Lord that causes us to immediately turn to Him, and Him only, when faced with a trial.

“Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit”, says the Lord

• Divine intervention can free us from the bondage of sin and allow us to be a light in a world of darkness. Thus wevgain righteous triumph!

• Divine intervention can heal our body and enable us to live in a victorious way that glorifies God. Thus we gain righteous triumph!

• Divine intervention can give us wisdom in finances and enable us to be disciplined in our spending. Thus we gain righteous triumph!

• Divine intervention can open a door of opportunity and empower us to walk through it. Thus we gain righteous triumph!

• Divine intervention can place us somewhere and equip us to impact it. Thus we gain righteous triumph!

• Divine intervention can give us a message and allow us to share it. Thus we gain righteous triumph!

• Divine intervention can give us a song and allow us to sing it. Thus we gain righteous triumph!

• Divine intervention equips us to do something and by doing it we gain righteous triumph!