Opportunities Vs Obstructions

OBSTRUCTION VS OPPORTUNITY = WHO IS KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR.

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) (I do this in two parts)

OPPORTUNITY: A CHANCE TO MAKE BETTER, being in the right place at the right time, make progress, an open door, a favorable time or set of circumstances that make it possible to do something; chance for advancement,

OFTEN OPPORTUNITY COMES DISGUISED AS HARD, DIFFICULT SITUATIONS.

Using the Bible we find opportunity as a period of time in which the conditions are right for a course of action,

OPPORTUNITY COST: choice of value (greatest benefits at lowest cost); what do you give up to make the choice…

WITHOUT THE STRENGTH TO ENDURE THE CRISIS, NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE OPPORTUNITY WITHIN.

1 Corinthians 16:9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.

Galatians 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

IS THIS AN OPPORTUNITY OR AN OBSTRUCTION? AM I STUCK HERE? THIS OPPORTUNITY-OBSTRUCTION TRAP HAS DOOMED MANY FAMILIES FOR SEVERAL GENERATIONS?

I was a pastor at a small mountain mission church in eastern Kentucky. A young man finished his

education and was idle and drew several government programs. His rent and utilities were paid. He drew so many food stamps that he traded half of them for cash money. He watched TV all night and slept all day. There was talk in this poor area of Kentucky that able bodied people would be losing their benefits.

This strong, young man came to the altar one Sunday night and he was broken and crying. He tarried at the altar, so I went over and was praying with him. He explained to me: PASTOR, I HAVE TO FIND A GOOD JOB AND I HAVE TO FIND IT SOON as he and his wife and children would soon lose their government aid. .

So we called the church around the young family and prayed for THE LORD TO HELP HIM FIND A GOOD JOB WITH GOOD PAY. The Spirit of God really moved as the church prayed. I JUST KNEW HE WAS GOING TO FIND A JOB THE NEXT DAY.

I picked them up for church on the next Sunday night. I was so excited, I knew that week he found a job. I asked him? He said: NO, I DID NOT FIND A JOB!!! I WAITED BY MY PHONE every day this week and NO ONE CALLED?

I asked him, WHERE DID YOU APPLY? How many businesses did you visit? How many

Applications did you fill out? The answer was --0--... He watched TV all night and slept all day, but HE KEPT THE PHONE RIGHT NEXT TO HIM and he said he knew he would have heard it

if it had rang. He said: I GUESS THE LORD LET ME DOWN???? He never did get a job??? HOW SAD? HE ENDED UP DIVORCED AND LATER IN PRISON. They feed him and his family continued drawing a check

WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR? DO WE SEE GOD HAS OPENED DOORS TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR US? ARE WE SENSITIVE TO GIVE OURSELVES AWAY TO OPEN OPPORTUNITIES?

Life is full of opportunities. We can find God opportunities. School? Job? Is this an Opportunity or an Obstruction? Do we see life as the opportunities that comes our way? Or do we count troubles?

BY CHANCE MANY OPPORTUNITIES ARE AROUND US. DO WE PRACTICE WHAT WE PREACH? OPPORTUNITIES ARE ALL AROUND US. WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR? THERE ARE 4 DIFFERENT CLASSES OF OPPORTUNITIES AROUND US. 1. MR HURT; 2. THE PRIEST; 3. THE LEVITE; 4. THE SAMARITAN.

Luke 10:29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? 30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, 34 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.