Joe 2:23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first [month].
Hag 2:9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
Everything about God is progressive, he is always moving forward, he is always building, he is always outdoing himself.
Jesus Miracle ministry begins with something seemingly insignificant, it was no life and death situation, but it quickly progressed to opening blind eyes, making the lame to walk, casting out devils, feeding the multitudes..
Hag 2:9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
Jesus did not know the word impossible
Mt 19:26 But Jesus beheld [them], and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
Mr 9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things [are] possible to him that believeth.
We look and we see impossible conditions, darkness, confusion, hopelessness, perversion, corruption, (impossible)
Jesus looks and he sees a perfect opportunity for a miracle, a perfect backdrop for a display of his glory.
Many times what looks like a breakdown, is just a setup for a breakthrough.
No wine at the wedding: Embarrassing, the reputation of the groom was at stake.
The people wanted wine, (there was no more wine in their cups or in the kitchen).
*Need *Desire * An embarrassing situation
Then Jesus takes the case
Mk 5:23 Then there was the case of Jairus the ruler of the synagogue, whos little girl was at the point of death:
Jesus heads for Jairus home to heal her.
A messenger interrupts them (trouble the master no longer, thy daughter is dead.
Now the stage is set:
Guilt: why didn’t I come sooner, why did I let my pride stand in the way, I should have listened to my wife.
Greif: My baby girl is dead, only 12 yrs old
Anger: We might have made it if that woman hadn’t stopped Jesus, Now she’s healed and my daughters dead.
He was my last hope:
I heard how he turned the water into wine, and healed the nobleman’s son and delivered the demoniac, but my daughter is not sick, nor demonized she is dead.
(Then Jesus Words penetrate his thoughts) Fear not only believe:
The house is filled with mourning, weeping and wailing, death is hanging in the air
Man sees darkness, hopelessness, grief, sorrow, pain.
Jesus sees the perfect backdrop for a manifestation of the glory of God. (Little girl I say unto thee arise)…………
What a mighty God:
We have seen him turn water into wine, feed multitudes, give sight to the blind, walk on water, cast out devils and raise the dead.
Surely we have seen him at his best, surely we have seen the greatest manifestation of his power and glory>
No He’s bigger than that
The best is yet to come
You ain’t seen nothing yet
One day news came to Jesus: He whom thou lovest is sick
Upon his arrival Lazrus has been dead four days (not seconds, minutes, hours, but 4 days
The stone has been rolled in front of the tomb.
The stone speaks of finality, the end, it’s over, it’s beyond help, the condition is incurable, the problem is irreversible.
If you would have come earlier, you could have healed him, we believe you could have kept him from dying, but now it’s over.
Isn’t it amazing how we limit God
You can do this but not that, You have the power to stop something from happening, but you can’t turn it around.
My friend that’s where we’re wrong, this whole book is a book about turn around.
Your too late:
Jesus says: Take away the stone (Lazrus come forth, Loose him and let him go.
We are seeing today a society that is out of control
America is no longer a Christian nation, Everyday we are hearing of how God is being rejected and removed from our schools, our Holidays,
Christmas is a time for parades, and celebrations, but Christ is left out,
Easter is a time for easter egg hunts, and rabbits, and dinners, and parties.
We are seeing the spirit of perversion and worldliness and corruption, not sneaking into our churches, not hiding in our pews, but filling our pulpits, And preaching their perverted self serving Gospel leading people into lust, and covetousness and greed.
Jeremiah spoke of a simular time in Israels history
Jer 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
Another scripture clearly defines the spirit of this generation
Isa 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
We can look around and see and hear what’s happening in the world and we can assess how bad it is and we can get depressed and go into hiding and cover our heads, and say it’s hopeless, it’s perverse, its corrupt, and wicked.
Or we can look in the word of God and see that our best days are ahead of us, (We haven’t seen anything yet) God is just getting wound up.
The devil may think he’s winning, He’s thought that before,
*When he had all the children killed by pharaoh to try to keep Gods promise from being fulfilled.. (But God put his promise in Pharaohs house, and let him raise him.
*When the children of Israel were trapped at the red sea entangled in the wilderness, the Egyptian army behind them.
But God turned the red sea into a highway:
Yes the devil is working hard, and yes we see the evil and the wickedness and the perversion,
But don’t turn the switch of faith off
God is up to something big
You sir have saved the best for last
Let the devil paint the darkest, saddest, most perverse and corrupt picture of hopelessness and despair, and sin that he has ever painted
And God will turn it into a back drop for the greatest display of his glory this world has ever seen.
