How to take your mountain
By Pastor Fernando Cabrera
Genesis 14
• Mountains are often symbolic of impossible situations
• It means a lot of things to a lot of people: marriage, children, ministry, promotion, success in your job, getting your cell group started, winning a family or friend to the Lord
• What is your impossible situation? How do you go about taking your mountain?
• Today I am going to give you 7 things you need to do in order to take your mountain. If you follow these 7 action principles, you will be able to take your mountain of impossibility.
1. Expect a breakthrough (v.6 -8)
a. Do not yield to fear
i. Just like Christ requires from us faith to bring his Word to pass, so Satan requires fears to bring his words to past
1. he learned first hand how fear, shown in verse 8, melt the hearts of the people
a. “melt” – demorilize (v.8)
b. Don’t be demorilized by discouragers
b. Do you have the “Give me that mountain” attitude
2. Change the way you see yourself
a. Caleb had a questionable background
i. He was a descendant of Esau (Gen. 36), who were enemies of Israel
1. he did not come from a godly heritage
2. he did not determined his future based on his past
b. Caleb had a name which meant “dog”
i. Today some men call each other “dog”
1. even today it has a bad connation – player
ii. It O.T. it was considered an unclean animal (Deut. 23:18)
c. People who don’t conquer their mountains see themselves from a spirit of failure
i. They have a grasshopper complex
1. There are people that when you are around them that will make your heart melt with fear (v.8)
ii. Numbers 13 – Winners are not whinners and Whinners are never winners
1. puny thinking=puny believing=puny faith=puny lives
d. Some of you need to start seeing yourself as a leader – a person of influence
i. Caleb was a man of influence
ii. Start seeing yourself as a conduit of God’s power, presence and prosperity
3. Get a snapshot of your future
a. Caleb had a snapshot of his mountain
i. With him possessing it
ii. He went after the best
1. “Hebron” was the best real estate in the Land
2. Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob and their wives were buried there
3. It means “fellowship”, a place where Abraham sacrifice and built the altar
b. What do you see?
i. I see a multitude of souls
ii. I see my family in the ministry
iii. I see My 12 and 144, 1728 leaders in this house
iv. I see a sanctuary fit for the multitudes
v. I see the presence of God moving supernaturally in this place
vi. I see God prospering and increasing you for his glory and purpose
vii. I see an anointing that heals the sick and delivers the captives
viii. I see families restored
ix. I see the glory falling upon this place
x. I see the devil running and Christ exalted
xi. I see you on fired for God
xii. I see promotion in and demotion out
xiii. I see my city in the hands of God
c. Do you see risk or do you see opportunity?
i. If you going to live, you might it well go for your God given dreams
d. When you loose your vision, you loose your power to conquer
4. Break out of the comfort zone (18:3)
a. Joshua 18:3
i. He could have become just like the majority of the tribes had done – nothing
ii. They had entered in, but had not possess
1. they had position, but no possessions
2. Some of you are living in a desert, but God has promised you a mountain –
a. It is time to Get out of your desert and move into your destiny
b. What was once upsetting can become comfortable
i. Tower of Pisa in Italy
1. the town leaders gathered together when they found out it was leaning too much
a. mandate – don’t let it topple over
b. but also, keep the tower from falling over, but don’t correct the tilt!
ii. Most people don’t want their problems solved, just understood
c. The goal of Satan is to get you to be satisfied with anything else outside of the will of God for your life
i. He will offer you anything that will have you settle for less than God’s best
1. Satan’s lie: “My way is easier”
5. Fight to the end (v.11)
a. Think about your last failure: “Did you stop trying because you failed or did you fail because you stopped trying?”
i. True faith has longevity – it last
ii. Anything worth having you have to fight for in life (ex. Marriage, children, ministry, prosperity)
b. Big Giants guard big treasures
i. Satan fights the hardest on the most valued assets
c. You won’t possess until you pursue
i. You need to have the spirit of a conqueror
6. Position yourself for Divine Favor (v.12)
a. God is the great equalizer
b. Throughout the bible we find people with favor from God
i. For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield. (Ps 5:12)
1. When I think of this scripture, I can’t help but remember Star Trek. Whenever the Enterprise was being attacked, the Captain would order, "Shields Up!" The shields would protect them from missiles.
2. You need to order, "Shields Up! Shield of Favor up!" God’s word is put to work as you confess favor with people.
7. Fully Give of yourself (v.14)
a. The reason why many people don’t see the full blessing of God is because they have not given themselves fully to God
b. Break half heartness and pursue what God has for you with all your heart
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