KNOW THE PLAN? DESTRUCTION OR INSTRUCTION?
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
Let us begin by asking a serious question: HOW DOES A TEAM WIN THE SUPER BOWL IN FOOTBALL? Is it an accident? Is it fate? Que sera, sera what will be will be? A super bowl team needs more than a star player? The team needs a good coach? The team must have a good quarterback but there must be good linemen? They need a team doctor? They need equipment management? They need water boys? Bus drivers? Pilots? TO WIN A SUPER BOWL REQUIRES GREAT PLANNING AND PREPARATION? We need a coach sitting high in the stadium observing what the team has done right? But he also reports what they are doing wrong? A good team is correctable and adapts as the game progresses? ARE YOU PREPARED AND PLANNING?
A PERSON NEVER PLANS TO FAIL… THEY FAIL TO PLAN AND THUS THEY ARE DOOMED FOR FAILURE…
BE OBSERVANT, BE READY, BE PREPARED --- HAVE A PLAN! WILL WE CONSIDER A WRITTEN PLAN?
Habakkuk 2:1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. 2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. 4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith:
THY ROD AND THY STAFF COMFORTS ME, THERE ARE BOUNDS PLACED ON OUR TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS…
Do we understand the difference between a violin and a fiddle? There is no visible difference in the instrument? If you play MOZART it is a violin. If you play Boil the Cabbage Down… It is a fiddle.
Psalm 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Psalm 23:4 (NLT) Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.
How well do we understand the difference in THE ROD and THE STAFF? They are the same thing. The rod is for correction and may at times seem to be cruel. The staff is that which the shepherd leans. The crook is used to pull the lamb back into the flock. The staff is used for direction.
Any good shepherd understands THE ATTITUDE DIFFERNCE in using the ROD or the STAFF. Perhaps we should also understand the difference in attitude might be defined by the SHEEP, not the SHEPHERD.
DOES OUR PLAN TRUST GOD’S PLAN? ARE WE GROWING OR STAYING THE SAME…
This woman had been sick 12 years. One morning brought a change? What was the plan? I AM GOING TO FIND JESUS and touch Him.
Mark 5:27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
GOD’S PLAN IS THAT YOU LAUNCH INTO THE DEEP… YOU MUST GET OUT INTO THE DEEP TO CATCH FISH…
EMBRACE EACH OBSTACLE AS AN OPPORTUNITY AND FIND HIDDEN WITHIN YOUR HEART THAT YOU WILL FIND YOUR SOLUTION, SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM AND GROW YOUR TRUST AND FAITH… NOT BURY YOUR PROBLEMS.
WE ARE BEING PRESSED ON EVERY SIDE. WE ARE BEING CRUSHED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF BURDENS. WE CAN RELEASE THE MIRACLES OF GOD TO GROW YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR CREATIVE POWERS BURIED WITHIN
THERE IS A DIVINE PLAN…FIND IT, SHARE IT, GROW IT!
GRAPES MUST BE CRUSHED TO MAKE JUICE. DIAMONDS ARE FORMED UNDER GREAT PRESSURE AND HEAT.
OLIVES MUST BE PRESSED BETWEEN HEAVY STONES TO MAKE OLIVE OIL. SEEDS MUST KNOW THE WET, COLD GROUND, THEN SURVIVE HOT DRY DAYS… TO PRODUCE FRUIT. The wet, cold, heat is all part of the process of fruit bearing…
GOD’S PLAN IS CLEAR… WE MUST PRESS… THIS PLAN MUST RECOGNIZE THIS PROBLEM AS AN OPPORTUNITY!
Philippians 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
WE ARE ABILITY RATED PEOPLE. GOD NEVER EXPECTS OF US WHAT WE CAN’T DO.
THERE ARE 5 TALENT, TWO TALENT AND ONE TALENT PEOPLE. I THINK, THAT WHEN THE ONE TALENT PERSON FOUND OUT THERE WAS A 5 TALENT PERSON --- HE STARTED OUT ANGRY TO START WITH… DO NOTHING?
I believe God is fair and just. I also believe GOD GIVES EVERY PERSON AT BIRTH THE TALENT AND CREATIVIITY
TO ACCOMPLISH GOD’S PLAN. God gave you enough creative power to begin your journey! BUT YOU MUST GROW AND DEVELOP AND PRACTICE YOUR FAITH. Your potential is up to you.
This problem can be solved… Then we will invest all our time, talent, energy, patience, joy, hope and peace searching UNTIL WE FIND THE SOLUTION.
IS THERE A CREATIVE POTENTIAL BURIED IN YOUR HEART?
DO YOU HAVE A PLAN AND PURPOSE TO DEVELOP AND GROW? OR HAVE YOU BURIED YOUR TALENTS AND JUSTIFY DOING NOTHING…
Matthew 25:15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
Matthew 25:18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
Matthew 25:24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
Matthew 25:28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
DIVINE DELAY? DESTRUCTION VS INSTRUCTION? WE SERVE AN ON TIME GOD…
John 11:2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) 3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. 4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
GOD HAS A PURPOSE, A FIXED PURPOSE FOR EACH AND EVERY BELIEVER. WE ARE ON A JOURNEY, ARE WE PREPARED? Do we have a plan?
God purpose is not to destroy you! God desires to teach you… INSTRUCTION TO FIND MORE…
LARARUS FACES DEATH, AND IT SEEMED SO FINAL. SICKNESS MAY SEEM TO BE THE FINAL END OF THIS MAN. TEARS SEEMED TO END MARTHA AND MARY’S VISION OF LIFE. THE PURPOSE OF LARAZUS SICKNESS AND DEATH WAS NOT DEATH…
God had a plan and a purpose for Larazus.
INTENSITY WHY HEAT UP THE FURNACE SO HOT? WHY A PROBLEM SEVEN TIMES HOTTER? ONLY GOD?
Daniel 3:19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
There is always an answer? BE CARE WHO YOU THROW IN THE FIRE? YOU MIGHT BE THE ONE BURNED?
GOD HAS A PURPOSE, A FIXED PURPOSE FOR EACH AND EVERY BELIEVER. There is a solution to each problem we face… When we acknowledge this trial, this valley, this test, this problem can be solved… Then we will invest all our time, talent, energy, patience, joy, hope and peace searching UNTIL WE FIND THE SOLUTION.
THERE IS A GOD TARGET… WE MUST TAKE AIM… THE PRESENT TRIAL IS TO TRY TO GET US TO FOCUS BEYOND OUR PROBLEMS AND WHAT WE CAN DO… WE MUST SLAY OUR SELFISH GOALS AND SEE THE VERY HEART OF GOD’S PLAN AND PURPOSE.
GOD’S PLAN WAS MORE THAN PAUL FACING DEATH, GOD NEEDED OTHERS TO SHARE AND SEE, WE CAN DO THIS… THIS STORM? IS NOT TO DROWN YOU--- NOR TO SINK YOUR BOAT. WE MUST COME TO FACE THIS IS A PLAN TO STRETCH OUR FAITH AND INTRODUCE US TO THE ONE THAT CAN CALM THE RAGING STORMS.
2 Corinthians 11:33 (KJV) And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
GOD HAS A HIGHER PURPOSE AND PLAN THAN YOU HAVE EVER DREAMED… THIS PAIN, THIS SORROW, THESE PERILOUS TIMES IS GOD’S EVENTS UNFOLDING BEFORE OUR EYES… GET READY, BE PREPARED… RELEASE THE DIVINE CREATIVE POWER TO BRING LIFE AND HOPE. AWAKE!
1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
1 Corinthians 10:13 (MSG) No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he'll never let you be pushed past your limit; he'll always be there to help you come through it.
CONCLUSION: Do we understand God has placed within us the plan to overcome every obstacle and storm before us. Will you grow the creative abilities that God has given you to overcome? Seems some call China the sleeping giant? Perhaps the sleeping creative ability of faith overshadows our potential. I believe with God all things are possible. I believe every person living can get better. WHAT CAN YOU DO TO BECOME SPIRITUALLY BETTER AND RELEASE GOD’S CREATIVE POWER WITHIN YOU?
A BLIND PERSON CAN SEE THE GROWING CHAOS GOING ON AROUND US. Earthquakes, volcanos, mass shootings, record breaking storms. Destructive evil forces? Re-defining truth, churches building on fleshly entertainment. We must learn to recognize the hot furnaces, the basket cases, the storms are trying to teach us… IF WE KNEW WHAT HOUR, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN READY. ARE WE SO SPIRITUALLY BLIND WE REFUSE TO SEE A NEW ERA IS UNFOLDING… THE CONCLUSION BOILS DOWN TO CAN GOD? VS GOD CAN…
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
Never forget, you and God are the solution.
