Refuse To Let Go... Get Off My Back?

REFUSE TO LET GO… VS SHAKE IT OFF… GET OFF MY BACK!

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube Wade Hughes)

(Props: I have 6 fishing worms to represent baby snakes, I have one huge rubber snake to represent a huge problem as an obstacle that will be impossible to over come. I use the story at the end of the lesson.)

TEXT:

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Philippians 4:17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

GET OFF MY BACK? WE MUST SHAKE OFF FEAR AND DEFEAT… ATTITUDES WILL MAKE OR BREAK YOU. I WILL GO DOWN TRYING!

BABE RUTH THE GREAT BASEBALL PLAYER HAS A FEW LESSONS FOR US… WE KNEW BABE AS THE HOME RUN KING.

Babe Ruth often said: “THE LOUDEST BOOS ALWAYS COME FROM THE CROWD IN THE CHEAPEST SEATS.”

In Babe Ruth’s day to strike out was a disgrace. WE KNOW BABE RUTH AS THE HOME RUN KING. Babe had 714 home runs in his career. There are some hidden facts of his career he was walked 2,062 times. WHAT ABOUT HIS STRIKE OUTS? BABE HAD 1,33O STRIKES OUT. Seems either Babe knocked a home run or he would strike out. In 1923 Babe Ruth struck out more times than any other player in the major league.

BATH RUTH HAD NO FEAR OF STRIKING OUT. THIS WAS WHAT MADE RUTH’S CAREER SO GREAT… HE STRUCK OUT ALMOST 2x’s for every home run he hit. WE KNOW BABE RUTH as one of the greatest players in Baseball’s Major League. He would knock a home run or going down trying.

GET OFF MY BACK? WHY? LIFE MAY SEEM TO BE FULL OF HARD DEMANDS. WE MUST REALIZE WE CAN’T ALWAYS SEE AND UNDERSTAND THE OBSTACLES THAT CAN BE OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE US.

I read story of a billionaire and his son. The son was spoiled and received everything he desired. The son demanded a a brand new MERCEDES-BENZ –AMG-SL CLASS with the super powerful twin-turbo V-8 engine. The Mercedes can do 161 mph. The car the son looked at was over $200,000. On the son’s 18TH birthday and high school graduation, he had demanded his father to give him this MERCEDES- BENZ.

Finally the date of the 18th birthday rolled around. The dad called his son into his office and gave the boy a small package and sang happy birthday. The young son was furious, he told his dad all about the Mercedes-Benz he wanted. The young son went stomping out of the mansion carrying the small package. He threw the box in the trunk and peeled out of the driveway in a BMW. How unthoughtful and mean he thought his dad was. The box rode around in the trunk several years. The boy was ashamed of his dad and the gift.

One day the son was watching the national news and heard that a famous billionaire tycoon had been killed in a freak automobile accident. As he watched the news revealed it was his dad that he had not seen in several years. The son ran out to his trunk and pulled out the box. The box contained a Bible. There was a note in his dad’s handwriting. It said: IN THIS BOOK YOU WILL FIND GOD’S WORD. THESE WORDS WILL REVEAL GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU, LIVE WISELY. LOVE YOUR DAD. There was another note… I went by the MERCEDE-BENZ DEALERSHIP TO PICK YOU OUT ANY MERCEDES YOU DESIRE. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT COLOR YOU WANTED. There was a receipt that said: PAID IN FULL, LET MY SON HAVE THE PICK OF ANY VEHICLE HE CHOOSES. JUST GIVE HIM THE KEYS TO ANY CAR HE DESIRES. I HAVE PAID IN FULL. DAD.

WILL WE LEARN THE LESSON OF SHAKING OFF THE OBSTACLES? PAUL LEARNED SOMETHINGS YOU CAN’T FIX… YOU JUST HAVE TO LET GO AND TRUST… SHAKE IT OFF. GET OFF MY BACK.

PAUL LEARNED HE HAD TO INVEST HIS ALL TO GROW HIS CALL… GOD CLEARLY CALLED PAUL BUT PAUL HAD TO LEARN TO SHAKE OFF THE OBSTACLES, PROBLEMS AND THORNS… TO ACHIEVE GOD’S PURPOSE AND PLAN. We must let let go and let God…

2 Corinthians 12:8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

GET OFF MY BACK? WE MUST LEARN WE DON’T CORRECT OUR PROBLEMS AND THEN COME TO THE LIGHT OF THE LORD…. WE MUST COME TO THE LORD AND HE WILL HELP US CORRECT AND GROW…