WHO KNOWS? FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS: GOD KNOWS THE PLANS HE HAS FOR YOU!
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers!@aol.com
WE DON’T WANT GOD TO HAVE TO BYPASS US… GOD LET ME BE THE VESSEL YOU USE TODAY!
We can be bullheaded and ignore God’s words and directions for our life. We can tend to keep our mouths shut and our heads buried in the sand. We can stay silent and not want to take a stand at a time like this. IT IS SAID THE HOTTEST PLACES IN HELL ARE RESERVED FOR THOSE THAT STAY SILENT IN DESPERATE TIMES. God needs you to help bring salvation and deliverance. If not you then who? If not here, then where? If not now, then when? Who knows? God has a plan… for such a time as this.
Esther 4:14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
GOD HAS A PLAN AND A PURPOSE FOR EVERY LIVING PERSON… WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN A BIG LESSON?
Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
You can be young once in your life time. But, honey you can be IMMATURE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE! Have it your way? Let me tell you an honest story. There was a praying mom. She prayed to see all her children saved before she died. She had one son that had a bad attitude: He told me… I can’t come to the altar to be saved. If I come my mom will die. By avoiding God, my mom will live longer. The sad story was MOMMA DIED and never saw her son come to know Jesus as Savior. Now he is hard-hearted and wants nothing to do with the church? HOW SAD.
GOD NEEDS YOUR HANDS, YOUR MOUTH AND YOUR GIVING… Learn another lesson? VALUE?
What is the value of that baseball? 6 bucks? Put that ball into PITCHER NOLAN RYAN and you have the first ever million dollar salary for a pitcher! Put the ball in the hands of GERRIT ALLEN COLE we will see a $36,000,000.00 contract with the New York Yankees. What made the change? A new ball? THE VALUE OF THE BALL CHANGES ACCORDING TO WHOSE HANDS THE BALL IS IN…
How much is the value of a plastic glove? Maybe $2.00? Dig a little bit deeper. A person has a WIDOW MAKER HEART ATTACK. Put the plastic gloves on a heart surgeon’s hands and he performs a lifesaving surgery. The man returns home to his family? What is the value of that glove? Well, the value may seem the same… but let us be real honest. It is much more than the value of the glove… IT IS THE VALUE OF THE HAND THAT WORE THE GLOVE.
THE VALUE OF YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON THE WORDS, ATTITUDES, DEEDS AND WHOSE HANDS YOU WILL PLACE YOUR TRUST. Do we want to argue about: “HAVE IT YOUR WAY?”
THERE IS A REAL TEST FOR EVERY BELIEVER…
John 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
The test is simple… it is not how do you love easy to love people. The test is how much do you love hard to love people? Many say they would die for Jesus, but they will not LIVE FOR HIM? The test is not how much do you love Jesus… THE QUESTION MAY JUST BE HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE THE JUDAS PEOPLE IN YOUR DAILY LIFE…
BEWARE: THE JUDAS GOAT IS A SPECIALLY TRAINED GOAT USE TO LEAD AND HERD ANIMALS… TO DEATH!
Galatians 5:7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
The Judas Goat leads sheep and or cattle to a destination in a stockyard. The Judas Goat will lead other animals to be slaughter at the stockyard. Then the Judas Goat will return to lead another group to their death.
WHY? WHY? WHY DO I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS?
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
There has to be an attitude we need there has to be more. . I KNOW THERE HAS TO BE MORE than this…! I am just a LITTLE LUMP of nothingness. My journey has been through hard pressures and great heat. WHY? Why this heat and pressure? Then after all my pain… my carbon has just laid for eons of years in the cold, damp ground, WHY?
One bad day there was a terrible blast that shakes me and the whole earth? Why? Haven’t I had enough already? The shaking I experience seemed to expose me just as a hard rock, Now I am cold and very wet from the rain. Why? Then guess what? The sun goes over once a day and I feel the hot sun and heat again? WHY? WHY? One day the rock feels a small shaking. A man is walking all around shaking the dust off me? WHY? That mean man has a heavy pick axe in his hand? Wow that man hit right next to me? WHY? There has to be more to my existence than this mess? The man picks me out of the mud and rocks and rubs me on his pants? WHY DO I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS?
The man puts me in his stinky pocket and carries me around? Why? Why? The man cleans up and takes me to town. We go into a fancy room and my man gets me out and rubs me and shows me to a well-dressed man. He sold me! Wow! My new man rubs and rubs me and places me in a very soft bag. WHY? My new man carries me to the airport and has me safely tucked away in my soft bag. WE FLY TO ISRAEL. WHY? THERE HAS TO BE MORE THAN THIS? We go into a fancy building and my new owner pulls me out of the bag and rubs me and shows me off to this fancy man. The two men bicker over me and there is there is an exchange of big money. I still have dirt and rock me. WHY? WHAT’S GOING ON HERE?
Now my very new owner places me under the brightest light I have ever seen. I hear a strange noise. WHY? I hear them call that noise a grinder. There is a hammer and a chisel. Ouch, that hurt. The delicate hands of the master grinds and cuts me? WHY DO I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS? The next thing I know I am placed back in a soft velvet bag and I am back in a dark place called a safe. MY NEW MAN CARRIES ME TO A GOLDSMITH and the bicker over my value. WHY? I REALIZE I MUST BE MORE THAN A ROCK. I AM SPECIAL! Back in the soft bag, back into the safe.
One day my new master pulls me out and makes me a beautiful gold bed. I feel so comfortable laying in my new bed created just for me. WHY? He holds me to the light and everyone admires me. WHAT? HE PUTS ME BACK IN THAT SOFT BAG AND BACK IN THE COLD DARK SAFE? WHY AM I GOING THROUGH ALL OF THIS? I just don’t understand this mess?
WELL HERE WE GO AGAIN, THIS TIME I AM IN A BRIEF CASE handcuffed to my newest owner? WHY? We end up in a taxi cab in New York City? WHY? The briefcase is opened to the brightest light ever. Again they bicker over me? WHAT’S GOING ON HERE? Again I have a new owner and he does not put me in the dark case. I am laying in this show case? A young man comes in and looks me over and buys me for a big price. I still don’t understand. WAIT A MINUTE, THE MAN TAKES ME TO THIS PRETTY GIRL AND TELLS HER HOW MUCH HE LOVES HER AND SLIDES ME UP ON HER FINGER.
Now I understand the whole journey. God had a plan for me. EACH STEP OF MY JOURNEY WAS ORDERED. MY PURPOSE BECOMES SO CLEAR I CAN FEEL IT. I WAS CREATED TO BE A LOVE GIFT. GOD WAS THERE ALL THE TIME…
MY FRIEND, WE CAN CRY WHY ALL WE SO DESIRE… BUT THE MIGHTY GOD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH HAS A PLAN FOR US. HURRY UP AND WAIT! YOU WILL SEE THE PLAN!
WE TRUST THERE IS MORE… WE MUST DIG DEEP IN GOD’S LOVE! DIAMONDS ARE RARELY FOUND SPARKLING ABOVE THE GROUND… THE MOST FAMOUS DIAMONDS COME FROM OPEN PIT MINING SUCH AS THE KIMBERLY BIG HOLE OR DEEP IN A MINE… DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER?
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 3:5 (MSG) Trust GOD from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own.
6 Listen for GOD's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he's the one who will keep you on track.
There are big blasts. Then workers have to remove layers of sand and rock… then one must extract the diamonds. It takes a TRAINED EYE TO RECOGNIZE A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH. ONE OF THE HARDEST TO BE FOUND SUBSTANCES ON EARTH IS THE DIAMOND. To form a diamond requires much heat and much pressure. SO IS THE FINDING OF THE PURPOSE OF GOD.
CONCLUSION: Many are standing on an invalid conclusion. They claim everything will be ok without identifying and pursuing God’s plan. God has a purpose for you! God has a plan that if we focus on HIS PLAN AND HIS PURPOSE HE WILL BLESS US. IT IS HIGH TIME WE DEFINE GOD’S PERSONAL PURPOSE FOR OUR LIFE AND PURSUE WITH EVERY FIBER OF OUR BEING!
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube WADE HUGHES)
