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Isolation On The Journey
Contributed by Joseph Sykes on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: Walking by faith, not by sight.
The test is, will I be conformed, or an individual?
As we briefly recount a portion of history in the life of David
But David said it like this … He said, he said to King Saul, I can’t conform to your ways. I got to be an individual. I can’t wear your armor. It hasn’t been tried. But I tell you what. When I was out tending my sheep. A lion and a bear came about, and I smote them. What he was saying was when I didn’t have nobody else. When I was by myself, an individual, no click, no club…I’m telling you, learn to love being alone, because sometimes the best time to hear God is by yourself. I came upon a lion and a bear. This is what I did, I smote them.
Isaih said, in the year King Uzziah died…The king hindered me from going another level. The king blocked my view. But when he died, I saw the Lord.
David said, I don’t want no lion to hinder my progress. I don’t want no bear to keep me from doing what I know is right. Bring it home. You can’t play with no lion. Psalms 84:10 I’d rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my god than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. You can’t play with the bear. You can’t play with the lion. You can’t play with drugs. You can’t play with adultery. Are you hearing me? You can’t play with homosexuality. You can’t play with lesbianism. You can’t play with lying. You can’t play with being disobedient to your parents, you can’t play with walking outside of the will of God, You can’t play with hypocrisy. You can’t play with gossip. But you got to guard your heart. Kill it. Kill it. Kill it. Sayyyy Yeahhh.
Every key punched on the organ isn’t worship. Every jump isn’t worship. Every Edi I see is not worship. Every tear is not worship.
A lot of hypocrites, entertainers, pimps and pretty boys, show girls, busy bodies in the church. Ain’t coming no more. I’d rather stay in the church where the grace of God comes, than to stay outside where it never comes. His shekinah glory falls, His presence is in the atmosphere, and whatever I need, is in the house!
I thought I’d bind myself to my notes. I got nervous in Nazareth. You know Nazareth, not many great works could be done there because of they’re unbelief. Jesus said rarely is a prophet accepted in his own home. But I feel a peculiar anointing in here. I’m glad the spirit of the Lord is present. And where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. A lot of you don’t like this, preachers walking out of the pulpit. But my daddy is here today. No need to go give no report. All that he has is mine. I ain’t got nothing new that only operates in his absence. Whether he here, or gone, because the Holy Ghost got a hold on me, I can arise, and go forth in the name of the Lord. I’m in my father’s house, I can walk if I want to. Usher’s, Nurses, this is your day of jubilee. You have been through a lot. Let me tell you as you walk by faith
Folks not going to always understand. Because you don’t conform to the way they think you should do it. Because you don’t do it like we always been doing it. It may look illogical, sound unwise, get confusing, but you walking by faith, not by sight. You’re going another level and can’t anybody go with you. You’re on the wheel, and for every bit of opposition, every bit of oppression, I done told you, that God is getting you in the right position. Oh no, it ain’t always the devil. God is engineering circumstances in your life for your good. For every bit of opposition you see with your natural eye, Faith, walk through it, I don’t see it, but I believe it. Lye on me, talk about me, criticize me, roll your eyes at me, go to sleep on me, that’s okay, Faith thanks God for the journey. Tears in my eyes, thank God for the journey. Pain in my body, thank God for the journey. Whether I’m a testimony now, or a testimony later, doesn’t matter. Thank God for the journey. We walk by faith, not by sight.