“HOLD ON HELP IS ON THE WAY”
MARK 6:45-50
INTRODUCTION:
TODAY WE WILL SEE THE HOW’S AND THE WHY’S OF STORMS IN OUR LIFE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY MOST PEOPLE DON’T MAKE IT THROUGH STORMS OR HAVE NERVOUS BREAKDOWNS, ABOUT TO LOSE THERE MINDS IS BECAUSE THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND. PEOPLE TAKE VALIUMS AND TRANQUILIZERS FOR PROBLEMS BECAUSE HEY DON’T UNDERSTAND THE TRIALS OF LIFE. SOME FOLK COME INTO CHURCH AND TURN OFF THERE PRAISE BECAUSE THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND. SOME STAY HOME FROM CHURCH WHEN THEY GO THROUGH BECAUSE THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND. SOME FOLK BACKSLIDE BECAUSE THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND. SOME FOLK CUSS IN THE STORM BECAUSE THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND. SOME FOLK BECOME EVIL, CONNIVING, VINDICTIVE, AND TRIFLING IN THE MIST OF A STROM ALL BECAUSE THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND. THERE ARE 3 STAGES TO STORMS, AND ALL OF US IN HERE TODAY ARE IN ONE OF THEM. WE ARE GOING INTO ONE, IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE, OR JUST COMING OUT OF ONE.
AND SO MANY PEOPLE SAY GOD I WANT MORE OF YOU. TAKE ME TO THE NEXT LEVEL IN YOU. GOD I WANT A CLOSER WALK AND RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU, BUT NOBODY WANTS TO GO THROUGH WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THERE. IN ORDER FOR ME TO GO TO THE NEXT GRADE I MUST PASS THE TEST. AND MOST OF US WANT THE TRIUMPH BUT DON’T WANT THE TEST AND TRIAL. MOST OF US WANTS TO GO HIGHER BUT DON’T WANT TO GO THROUGH THE HELL TO GET THERE. MOST OF US WANT THE SHOUT BUT DON’T WANT THE STORM. MOST OF US WANT PRIZE BUT DON’T WANT THE PROBLEM. WE WANT THE MONEY BUT DON’T WANT THE MESS. BUT THIS TEXT SHOWS US, THAT IF WE WANT TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE WE MUST FIRST GO THROUGH A STORM. SEE GOING THROUGH SOMETIMES IS NOT ALL BAD. JOB WENT THROUGH, BUT IN THE END HE WENT TO THE NEXT LEVEL BECAUSE GOD GAVE HIM MORE THAN HE HAD THE FIRST TIME. THE 3 HEBREW BOYS WENT THROUGH THE FIERY FURNACE AND THE KING THAT THREW THEM IN CAUSED THEM TO PROSPER WHEN THEY CAME OUT. THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO DANIEL THAT WAS THROWN INTO THE LIONS DEN. JESUS HAS ALREADY TOLD US TO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL. BUT MANY OF US HAVE NOT GONE YET BECAUSE WE DON’T WANT TO GO THROUGH A STORM. TODAY I PRAY THAT I CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND WITH THE HELP OF THE HOLY GHOST SO THAT YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
I. JESUS KNOWS THAT YOU’RE IN A STORM: V. 45
IN VERSE 45 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT JESUS CONSTRAINED THEM TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE. IN OTHER WORDS HE FORCED THEM TO GO INTO THE STORM. IF JESUS IS ALL KNOWING THEN HE MUST HAVE KNOWN THAT THERE WAS A STORM COMING. IF HE DID NOT WANT THEM TO GO INTO THE STORM HE WOULD HAVE TOLD THEM TO WAIT FOR HIM. BUT INSTEAD HE TELLS THEM TO GO ON AHEAD TO THE OTHER SIDE. SEE IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH JESUS KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT. STOP LETTING THE DEVIL MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE GOD DOESN’T KNOW ABOUT YOUR SITUATION. THERE IS NOTHING YOU AND I CAN GO THROUGH THAT HE DOES NOT ALREADY KNOW ABOUT. JESUS KNEW THAT THERE WAS A STORM YET HE STILL TOLD THEM TO GO. I BELIEVE THAT JESUS SENDS US INTO STORMS TO TEACH US A FEW THINGS. 1. FAITH, 2. HOW TO HANDLE THEM, 3. TO SEE HOW MUCH WE KNOW OF HIS WORD TO USE IT IN THE MIST OF A STORM. THE HYMN WRITER SAYS JESUS KNOWS ALL ABOUT OUR STRUGGLES. HE WILL GUIDE TILL THE DAY IS DONE. THERE’S NOT A FRIEND LIKE THE LONELY JESUS, NO NOT ONE, NO NOT ONE.
II. HE SEE YOUR STRUGGLE V. 48
A. SEE THE DISCIPLES WHERE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE STORM. THEY WERE TRYING TO GET TO LAND. BUT THE BIBEL SAYS THAT THE WIND WAS CONTRARY.
B. Enantios: en-an-tee’-os (EN) - IN (ANTIOS) AGAINST over against, opposite. METAPHORICALLY, IT CAN BE OPPOSED AS AN ADVERSARY. THAT IS WHAT THE DEVIL DOES HE DOES THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU WANT OR TRYING TO DO. YOU ARE TRYING TO GET OUT BUT HE’S TRYING TO KEEP YOU IN. AS ANYBODY IN HERE HAVE BEEN IN A STORM AND YOU FELT LIKE EVERYTHING WAS AGAINST YOU. THE WORE YOU TRIED TO COME OUT IT KEPT YOU IN. YOU HAD SOME FRIENDS LIKE THAT. THE DEVIL WASN’T THE ONLY ONE TO KEEP YOU IN BUT SOME NO GOOD FRIENDS.
C. TOILING: TORTURE, PAIN: JESUS SAW THERE PAIN WHILE THEY WHERE ROWING. IN OTHER WORDS HE SAW THERE PAIN WHILE THEY WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF STORM TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE STORM. MANY OF YOU CAN IDENTIFY WITH THIS. GOING THROUGH THE STRUGGLES OF LIFE AND HAVING TO DEAL WITH PAIN. ALL OF US HAVE HAD A VISIT FROM MR. PAIN. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME A STRUGGLE COMES IN MY LIFE, HE ALWAYS INVITES HIS COUSIN PAIN. THEY WERE STRUGGLING AND THERE STRUGGLE CAUSED THEM PAIN, BECAUSE THE WINDS WERE AGAINST THEM. SEE SOMETIMES IT’S HARD TO DEAL WITH THE STRUGGLE OF GOING THROUGH BECAUSE OF THE WINDS THAT’S AGAINST YOU. YOU MAY BE SITTING HERE TO DAY WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE AND FACING THE WORST STORM IN YOUR LIFE. YOU’RE SITTING HERE AND YOU ARE STRUGGLING AGAINST THE WINDS OF
D. RENT DUE , CAR NOTE, LIGHT BILL, PHONE BILL AND YET YOU’RE SAYING I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES AND HIS PRAISE SHALL CONTINUALLY BE IN MY MOUTH, THAT MAY BE A STRUGGLE.
E. YOU MAY BE STRUGGLING AGAINST THE WIND OF LIVING WITH THE DEVIL, SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY WORKING WITH HIS IMPS AND YET YOU WEAR A GARMENT OF PRAISE, AND SAY I AM MORE THAN A CONQUER THAT AMY BE A STRUGGLE. YOU MAY BE STRUGGLING AGAINST THE WINDS OF UNSAVED LOVE ONES THAT DON’T UNDERSTAND YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. AGAINST THE WINDS OF CO-WORKERS GETTING ON YOUR LAST NERVE. AGAINST THE WINDS OF DESPAIR, DEPRESSION, DEPRIVATION, DISAPPOINTMENT, DEMONS, BUT THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT IT IS THAT YOU CAN HAVE DELIVERANCE. AGAINST THE WINDS OF HEARTACHE, HEADACHE, HELL ACHE BUT YOU CAN HAVE HEALING. DEALING WITH WINDS OF PROBLEMS, PAIN, PEOPLE BUT YOU CAN HAVE PEACE AND PROSPERITY. NO MATER WHAT YOU ARE DEALING, STRUGGLING WITH OR IN PAIN WITH HE SEE’S YOU AND KNOW YOUR STRUGGLE. I SING BECAUSE I’M HAPPY. I SING BECAUSE I’M FREE, HIS EYES IN ON THE SPARROW AND I KNOW HE WATCHES ME.
III. HE COMING:
NOTICE THAT WHEN HE SAW THEM IT WAS EVEN WHICH MEAN EVENING AFTER NOON OR AT NIGHT FALL. BUT HE DID NOT GO TO THEM UNTIL IT WAS 4TH WATCH WHICH MEANS NIGHT TIME. SEE SOMETIMES JESUS WILL WAIT UNTIL YOU GET INTO A DARK PLACE BEFORE HE SHOWS UP. SOME FOLK WANT GOD TO DELIVER THEM FROM THE STORM, BUT SOMETIMES HE WILL ALLOW YOU TO GET RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE WHEN IT’S DARK BEFORE HE SHOWS UP. THE
TEXT SAYS THAT HE WOULD HAVE PASSED THEM.
THE WORD PASS IN THE GREEK MEANS TO COME NEAR, TO APPROACH, TO ARRIVE. YOU MAY BE IN THE MIST OF A STORM RIGHT NOW. BUT YOU CAN SHOUT NOW BECAUSE JESUS IS ON HIS WAY. NOT ONLY IS HE ON HIS WAY, BUT HE’S ALMOST THERE TO BE WERE YOU ARE.
YOU MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE STORM FOR A WHILE, BUT HE’S ALMOST THERE. YOU MAY HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH HELL AND HIGH WATER IN YOUR LIFE, BUT HE’S ALMOST THERE. YOU MAY BE DOWN IN DESPAIR BUT HE’S ALMOST THERE. NOT ONLY IS HE COMING BUT WHILE HE’S COMING HE HAS GIVEN SOMETHING TO STAND IN UNTIL HE GETS THERE. SEE EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE IN THE STORM THEY WERE THEY WERE STILL PROTECTED BY BEING IN THE BOAT. AS LONG AS THEY STAYED IN THE BOAT, THERE FEET WOULD BE PROTECTED FROM SINKING, THE BODIES PROTECTED FROM DROWNING. GOD SAID UNTIL HE SHOWS UP GET IN THE BOAT OF THE HOLY GHOST. STAND IN HIM SO THAT WHEN YOU ARE IN THE STORM YOUR FEET WON’T START TO SINK AND YOUR BODY WON’T DROWN IN THE SEA OF YOUR PROBLEMS. HOLD ON HE’S ON THE WAY. HOLD ON HE’S ALMOST THERE. AND WHEN HE GETS THERE THE STORM WILL CEASE.
I’M GLAD THAT HE’LL BE WITH ME IN THE STORM. HE’LL BE WITH ME IN THE RAIN. HE’LL BE WITH ME IN THE HURRICANES OF LIFE. HE’LL BE WITH ME IN THE TORNADO OF LIFE. HE’LL BE THERE THROUGH EACH LINE OF PAIN AND GLORY. HOLD ON YOUR HELP IS ON THE WAY. TODAY IS YOUR DAY. GET READY TO COME OUT OF YOUR STORM. GET READY TO DANCE AT YOUR COMING OUT PARTY. GET READY TO REJOICE IN YOUR DELIVERANCE. GET READY TO PRAISE LIKE YOU HAVE LOST YOUR MIND, BECAUSE HE’S GETTING READY TO STEP IN YOUR BOAT AND CALM YOUR STORM.
