Get Out Of Your Tent And Lift Your Head...

GET OUT OF YOUR TENT… LIFT UP YOUR HEAD…

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

I have a glass of warm water… I use salt or maybe sugar and pour some in the warm water. The salt or sugar will always go to the bottom of the glass. We have to STIR until the solution is mixed… IF I USE SAND OR SMALL ROCKS THE STIR WILL NEVER BLEND…

REKINDLE THE FIRE! DOES THE FIRE DIE DOWN? FAN THE FLAME: Spiritual growth is always hindered by sin, the lack of prayer, the lack of faithfulness, the lack of knowing God’s word… WHAT HAPPENS AT CHURCH? IN THE FAMILY? IN LEARNING? WHEN THE SETTLING OCCURS?

STIR: to mix thoroughly, to move, to excite, to rouse, emotions,

WE MUST LEARN TO LOOK UP. LIFT UP YOUR HEAD… STIR: GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE… DREAMS SELDOM COME TO THE VAST MAJORITY… BIG DREAMS CAN BECOME A REALITY WHEN WE GRASP THE POWER OF THE INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL EXPERIENCE… WE MUST GROW THE ATTITUDE OF HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE TO GOD’S PLAN.

Paul can see the role of Timothy’s Grandmother Lois and his mother Lois. TIMOTHY YOU CAN’T WALK ON THEIR EXPERIENCE. FAITH MUST CONTINUE AND THRIVE IN YOU.

2 Timothy 1:6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

It is nice to receive God’s gifts, but my friend we must constantly STIR THE GIFT AND THE THE FLAME… We are won by one. At times it seems God is so far away. Other times it seems we are so far away from God he can’t hear our prayers. God’s work is accomplished when one person comes into the personal presence of a mighty God.

LOOK UP! GET OUT: GOD WILL REWARD YOU AND BLESS YOU…ABRAM YOU WILL ALWAYS BE LIMITED IN THIS PAGAN LAND… GOD HAS A GROWTH PLAN…

Genesis 12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

CAN WE HEAR WHAT GOD IS ASKING… IT IS MORE THAN A CHANGE OF LOCATION IT IS A CHANGE OF ATTITUDE… WILL WE GIVE OUR COMFORT ZONE TO RECEIVE THE BLESSING? The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you.

SO MANY FOCUS ON THEMSELVES… WE MUST LOOK UP… BLESSINGS CAN COST YOUR WORDS, YOUR ATTITUDES, YOUR DREAMS.

Genesis 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

WILL WE GRASP GOD’S PLAN? YOUR VISION IS LIMITED BY YOUR PERSONAL COVERING… GET OUT OF THAT TENT. LOOK UP. LOOK TOWARDS HEAVEN --- GOD CAN. SOMETIMES YOU MUST GET OUT OF YOUR TENT… WILL WE BE WILLING TO GO OUTSIDE?

Genesis 15:3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. 7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

Genesis 15:5 (NIV) He took him outside and said, "Look up at the heavens and count the stars--if indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."

Genesis 15:5 (NLT2) Then the LORD took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That’s how many descendants you will have!”

GOD COMES INTO A CONTRACT WITH ABRAM… A COVENANT… GOD DESIRES HIS PEOPLE TO LOOK UP…

Did you know when you look up there may be clouds that hide the stars. Faith knows the stars are still there. Faith knows you have to get out of your tent: COMFORT ZONE…

Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: 10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.