STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF A MIRACLE
JOSHUA 3:14-17
ALLOW ME TO BE FORTHRIGHT, I DON’T KNOW WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU’RE DEALING WITH, OR HOW LONG YOU’ VE BEEN GOING THROUGH, BUT GOD TOLD ME YOU WOULD BE HERE.
YOUR 2010 AFTER ALL THE TRENDY CLICHÉ’S:
YOU GONE WIN IN 2010
LET IT BEGIN IN 2010
IS LOOKING NOTHING LIKE A WINNING YEAR
BUT, GOD WOULD HAVE ME TO REMIND YOU THAT IN THE MIDST OF GOING THROUGH THE WORST TRIAL OF YOUR LIFE TO REMEMBER THE PROMISE HE HAS FOR YOUR LIFE. IN THE MIDST OF EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL WOES TO REMEMBER IT’S ONLY THE PRICE YOU HAVE TO PAY TO COME INTO THE SEASON DESTINED FOR YOUR LIFE. IN THE MIDST OF GOING THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, TO NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE PRIZE OF LIFE. SIMPLY PUT, NO MATTER WHAT YOU GO THROUGH IN LIFE, REMEMBER TO OFFER UP CONTINUOUS PRAISE IN LIFE.
THAT’S THE LESSON WE LEARN IN OUR TEXT.
JOSHUA 3 OPENS UP WITH JOSHUA AND THE C.O.I ON THE MOVE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. THAT’S THE PROMISE GOD HAS SPOKEN OVER YOUR LIFE. . . GETTING READY TO MOVE YOU FROM:
BREAKDOWN TO BREAKTHROUGH
PIT TO PALACE
LION’S DEN TO THE KING’S TABLE
BUT UNDERSTAND BEFORE YOU CAN ENTER YOUR PROMISE, YOU MUST DEAL WITH YOUR PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM BETWEEN JOSHUA, THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND THEIR PROMISE LAND WAS A RIVER CALLED JORDAN. NOW YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT JORDAN WHEN TRANSLATED MEANS: DESCENDER OR THE PLACE THAT TAKES YOU DOWN. IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL AND AWARE OF THE PROBLEM CONFRONTIING YOUR PROMISE, JORDAN WILL BECOME THE PLACE WHERE YOUR DREAMS DIE, YOUR FAITH DROWNS, AND GOALS EVAPORATE. FACING JOSHUA AND THE C.O.I PROMISE WAS THE PROBLEM OF THE JORDAN, BUT JOSHUA DID NOT FRET BECAUSE HE WAS EQUIPPED TO PAY THE PRICE TO OVERCOME HIS PROBLEM ON THE WAY TO THE PROMISE.
JOSHUA 3:8 “GOD TOLD JOSHUA, COMMAND THE PRIESTS/LEADERS TO CARRY THE ARK OF THE COVENANT AND WHEN THEY REACH THE JORDAN/WHEN THEY COME INTO CONTACT WITH THEIR PROBLEM, TAKE A FEW STEPS INTO THE RIVER AND STOP THERE.” DON’T RUN FROM YOUR PROBLEM, BUT STEP TO IT KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD WITH YOU.
DON’T RUN FROM YOUR PROBLEM, BUT STEP TOWARD YOUR PROMISE. . .
I’VE COME TODAY TO TELL SOMEONE IT’S TIME TO START MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF YOUR PROMISE.
I KNOW YOUR PROBLEM MAY BE STARING AT YOU HEAD ON . . . BUT SEE BEYOND YOUR PROBLEM TO YOUR PROMISE!!!
II COR. 5:7 “FOR WE WALK BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT” . . .
GOD IS SAYING, IF YOU’RE WILLING TO GET YOUR FEET WET . . . DRY LAND
TELL SOMEBODY: I DON’T WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS, BUT IT’S THE PRICE OF MY PROMISE!
JOSHUA 3:15 “WHEN THE PRIESTS STEPPED INTO THE WATER, STEPPED TO THEIR PROBLEM, THAT THE WATER BEGAN TO BACK UP.”
CAN I TELL SOMEBODY THAT YOU’RE A STEP AWAY FROM A MIRACLE, ONE STEP AWAY FROM YOUR ANSWER, ONE STEP AWAY FROM TOO MUCH BLESSING, ONE STEP FROM TURNING YOUR SITUATION AROUND, ONE STEP FROM BEING IN CHARGE OF YOUR FUTURE.
MESSAGE BIBLE: PSALM 114:5 “WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU SEA, THAT YOU RAN AWAY AND YOU RIVER JORDAN THAT YOU TURNED AND RAN OFF?”
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO KNOW THAT THE PROBLEM STARING YOU DOWN, BLOCKING YOUR PROGRESS, CHASING YOU, CHOKING YOU, THREATENING TO PULL YOU UNDER, AND RUNNING AFTER YOU:
BILLS
HEALTH
UNCERTAINTY OF THE FUTURE
IS GETTING READY TO RUN FROM YOU. THE PRIESTS STEPPED IN THE WATER AND THE WATER TOOK FLIGHT.
BUT, WAIT A MINUTE THAT’S NOT ALL THE PRIEST DID. NOT ONLY DID THEY STEP INTO THE WATER, BUT THEY CARRIED THE ARK OF THE COVENANT (ILLUSTRATE – RAISED IT UP/CARRIED IT HIGH) . . .
IN OTHER WORDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR TRIAL, IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR PROBLEM, IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR JORDAN RIVER, THEY LIFT UP THE NAME OF GOD.
JOHN 12:32 “IF I BE LIFTED UP, I’LL DRAW ALL MEN . . .”
AS THE PRIEST LIFT UP THE ARK OF THE COVENANT, NOT ONLY DID GOD PUSH THE WATERS BACK, BUT HE TURNED THE MUDDY EARTH INTO DRY GROUND.
GOD BEGIN TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE . . .
BUT WAIT A MINUTE, THAT’S NOT ALL. JOSHUA 3:18 STATES: AS THE PRIESTS RAISED THE ARK OF THE COVENANT, WET SWAMP LAND TURNED INTO DRY DESSERT LAND, AND ALL THE C.O.I WALKED THROUGH THEIR PROBLEM, WALKED BY THE PRAISERS, AND WALKED INTO THEIR PROMISE.
GOOD NIGHT . . .
SOMEBODY’S COMINGTHROUGH ON YOUR PRAISE
SOMEBODY THAT WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT . . . PRAISE
SOMEBODY WHO WAS GOING TO DROWN . . . PRAISE
SOMEBODY IS COMING OUT THEIR DEPRESSION . . . PRAISE
SOMEBODY IS BEING SET FREE . . . PRAISE . . .
TELL SOMEBODY: THIS PRAISE IS FOR YOU . . .
