Let It Loose

Let It Loose

Exodus 4:2-4 (King James Version) Pastor Ken Crow

2And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

3And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

4And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:

Matthew 16:19 (King James Version)

19And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

I believe God has given a message here for somebody today. In fact I believe this message is for several of us this morning.

God ask Moses the question, “ What is that in thine hand ?”.

Moses’ most important possession out there in the desert was this shepherd’s rod.

For a shepherd no other item he may possess is as important.

Important as it was Moses did not know the potential of the stick until it was put under the power and authority of God.

No telling what many of us hold in our hand. No telling the unleashed potential in the church world today! All Moses had was a stick. What is that in your hand today? What is this in my hand? Oh we think we have so little! We for some reason sometimes come into a mind of spiritual poverty.

Just look what the Lord has done!

In Psalm 50:10 he owns the cattle on a thousand hills!

In John chapter three he turned water to wine!

In Mathew 15 and Mark chapter 8 he took a few fishes and a little bit of bread and fed thousands!

I ask you this morning what is that in your hand?

AND IF YOU ANWERED THAT, THE LOCATION OF THE “WHAT” IS THE PROBLEM!

As long as the “what” remains where it is the “what will never be any different.

The stick in Moses’ hand would have remained a stick until it dried up and decayed .

We try to change sticks into something ourselves.

Remember our “what”.

We worry ourselves.

We work ourselves.

We do everything we can to make that “what” or our stick turn into something but it just never happens.

The word of God, The Holy Spirit , Jesus on the inside of us keeps telling us to release this thing to God on Holy Ground but we hold on to it oh so tightly!

Matthew 19:21-22 (King James Version)

21Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

22But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions

The potential this young man held in his hand! Oh if loosed, if released to Jesus!

The young man became offended because he was asked to give.

Jesus did not have to have this young man’s possessions any more than God had to have Moses’ rod.

In both cases it was going to help them a lot more than it was going to help God!

The young man held on to his stick, his “what”.

I wonder sometimes if Moses had held on to the rod if it would not have become a serpent and bit him!

If God is telling us to release something to him and we refuse and keep holding on to it I guarantee you it will come back to bite us and it will be very painful.

The rich young ruler held on to his stick or his “what”. I guarantee if he didn’t change and if he did the Bible never mentions it. Those things are not doing him any good in hell today.

It is time today for us to release something! It is time today for us to loose something.

This may seem silly to some but I believe right now if we will allow some things to leave our hand and release them on holy ground God is going to bless that and he is going to do exceedingly, abundantly above what we are able to ask or think!

This book, the Bible is not just for a history lesson . This book, the Bible is alive and breathing ! This book the Bible is speaking loud and clear.

This book , the Bible is the voice of God himself! This book, the Bible is for exhortation, for correction. This book the Bible is for instruction! This book the Bible is Holy, infallible and if you believe it this morning consider yourself on Holy Ground! Release those shoes of poverty! Release those shoes of the oppressor ! Release and loose! Release and loose!