Finish Pt 2
Sunday, December 8, 2013 at 10:00AM Over the past days we have been diligent to watch the weather
Planning ahead — preparing with purchases
Often there’s just a brief window to make decisions, i.e cancellations
Yet, as Jesus said, we don’t pay attention to the spiritual climate
Matt 16:2-3
He answered and said to them, "When it is evening you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red'; 3 and in the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.
Why is Jesus so harsh about discerning the spiritual time and season?
We are spiritual beings…
How do I know what spiritual season it is, or what to do in this season?
We don’t know meteorology or understand Doppler Radar
We trust the weatherman…
Also, many times we must act within brief moments
There are certain actions that go with certain seasons
We can be doing the right thing at the wrong time
We must also realize that what we do now, effects the next season
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He will beg during harvest and have nothing.
The spiritual season, like the weather, is going to change
Whether we’re prepared or not
Too many of us won’t reap the benefits & blessing of the next season - Year
Because we haven’t finished this season - Year
If we’re going to make 2014 different we must finish 2013
There is no way I want to be doing the same thing this time next year.
The reason we have to repeat the same things is we never finish 12 months:
We come to the end of the year, but we haven’t complete the whole year
Around November, we lose focus on our goals and objectives
We must FINISH 2013!
- · What did you start in January?
- · What did you vow to do this year?
Jesus was a Finisher…
- · “My meat is to do the will of the Father and Finish the work”
- · “It is Finished”
Heb 12:1-2
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
* Doesn’t mean that Jesus completes our faith.
It means that Jesus awards the prize to those who are faithful to finish.
Only those who Finish receive the Prize
We don’t Finish because we don’t Focus
We like to quote the verse that says, “He’ll never leave you nor forsake you”
1 Chron 28:20. And David said to his son Solomon, "Be strong and of good courage, and do it; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the Lord God — my God — will be with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you, until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.
Joshua: “Sun Stand Still”
“There has been no day like that, before it or after it.” (Joshua 10:14)
The Greatest Day Ever
Happened out of the Focus to Finish
Look at what God does when we Finish…
Ex 40:33-35
[Moses] raised up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar, and hung up the screen of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
34 Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled* the tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
First, God’s glory fills the work
* to fill, to be full, to be complete, to finish
vs. 36. Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle, the children of Israel would go onward in all their journeys.
Secondly, God gives you direction “onward” when you Finish
I don’t want to repeat the same cycles next year
I want to experience the “Glory of God”
And get God’s directions for moving forward
It only happens when I Finish
Reader Comments (1)
Greetings Apostle Hunt,
Thank you for visiting my church Macedonia M.B.C. - Hyde Park Inc. where Rev. Melvin Lee is our Pastor! I was not present physically when you visited with us in April, however, I listened to the CD's and received your Mighty Word from the Lord. I do not take your message lightly. Thank you for equipping me with the knowledge to continue going forth as a woman of God. You see my life will not and HAS not been the same! I am better, stronger and I seek to hear God's voice daily. Your words were the missing piece that my heart and soul longed for. Well, I got it now! Thank you God! I am encouraged to continue in utilizing the Gifts of the Spirit and I look forward to seeing what the Lord has to come. When you come back, I will be there to shake your hand. Thank you so much for being obedient to the Most High.
Sincerely,
Nikki Watson