It's a wonderful life week 2 Nailed
and not ashamed.
In keeping with Ezekiel's vision of the valley of dry bones
I am astounded at the commitments, the focus, and the clarity of soldiers,
military, and servants.
Ezekiel 37:9-10 NLT [9] "Then he said to me,
"Speak a prophetic message to the winds, son of man. Speak a prophetic
message and say, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come, O breath, from
the four winds! Breathe into these dead bodies so they may live again.'"
[10] So I spoke the message as He commanded me, and breath came into their bodies.
They all came to life and stood up on their feet-a great army."
1.
We see this commitment of the man of
God to speak life because vision illustrates the promise, the promise of God.
1.
We see that even in destitution or
devastation God can minister, God can revive, resurrect, empower and redirect.
Exodus 21:1-6 NLT [1] "These are the regulations you
must present to Israel. [2] "If you buy a Hebrew slave, he may serve for
no more than six years. Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you
nothing for his freedom. [3] If he was single when he became your slave, he
shall leave single. But if he was married before he became a slave, then his
wife must be freed with him. [4] "If his master gave him a wife while he
was a slave and they had sons or daughters, then only the man will be free in
the seventh year, but his wife and children will still belong to his master.
[5] But the slave may declare, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children. I
don't want to go free.' [6] If he does this, his master must present him before
God. Then his master must take him to the door or doorpost and publicly pierce
his ear with an awl. After that, the slave will serve his master for
life."
1.
Every Israelite was free-born; but
slavery was permitted under certain restrictions like poverty, debt, or crime;
but at the end of six years he was entitled to freedom.
2.
Should the servant wish he through
attachment to the family, the Hebrew chose to forfeit his privilege and abide
as he was, a formal process was gone through in a public court, and a brand of
servitude stamped or gauged into his ear for life.
Psalm 40:6,8 NKJV
[6] Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; My ears You have opened. Burnt
offering and sin offering You did not require. [8] I delight to do Your will, O
my God, And Your law is within my heart."
3.
Whether allusion is made to the
custom of boring a servant's ear, in token of voluntary and perpetual
enslavement (Ex 21:6), or that the opening of the ear, as in Isa 48:8; 50:5
(though by a different word in Hebrew) denotes obedience by the common figure
of hearing for obeying, it is evident that the clause is designed to express a
devotion to God's will.
4.
We hear Him that we might obey Him
out of choice, out of blessing, out of connection.
1.
Now the purchase of our salvation is
made, the proclamation is sent forth, calling us to come and accept it.
2.
I choose to be nailed and not
ashamed.
3.
The gospel was preached freely and
openly.
1.
Whoever undertook to preach the
gospel of Christ, would be under great temptation to conceal it; but Christ,
and those He calls to that work, are carried on in it.
1.
We are carried on in this great work,
this great calling, and this great design.
2.
May we believe His testimony, trust
His promise, and submit to His authority.
2.
Christ was a servant who never served
out of obligation, fear, or torture but because He had seen the goodness of His
Master.
3.
The greatness of His plan.
1.
This type of servant decides I have
been so blessed to be connected to this master, I will stay connected to him
for life.
2.
We as servants choose whether to be
nailed for life, gauged for life, marked by our master for life.
1.
I serve Him by choice.
1.
My life is marked by Him.
2.
Not because my wife goes to church or
my family attends regularly or others have served Him.
1.
Not because I am trying to provide
the perfect offering or sacrifice because He has already provided us that in
Jesus Christ.
3.
I don't attend church because I owe a
debt or am trying to pay a debt.
1.
He paid a debt He didn't owe and I
owed a debt I couldn't pay.
1.
I choose to be nailed and not
ashamed.
2.
I love serving Him.
4.
There are 2 commitments I see here.
1.
A new commitment to our new man.
2 Corinthians 5:17 "This means that anyone who belongs
to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has
begun!"
1.
I can never be who I once was.
1.
I am committed to allowing God's Word
to shape me, define me, and rule me.
2.
I once was dead but now I am alive.
3.
I am not who I used to be and I'll
never be.
1.
My walk (they call it scientific gait
recognition) is as unique as my fingerprint.
4.
I am not who I used to be.
5.
New creature.
1.
Newness of life I'm not locked in on
the old ways, the old thinking patterns, the old resources of this life but I
am brand new.
1.
Changed mind.
2.
Changed spirit.
3.
Changed soul.
4.
Changed personality.
5.
Changed body.
6.
Changed walk.
7.
Changed destination, it's a wonderful
life.
2.
I will walk upright before God, and
before men.
2.
A new commitment to my true identity.
Psalm 139:14-16 13 "You made all the delicate, inner
parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. 14 Thank you for
making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how
well I know it. 15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as
I was woven together in the dark of the womb. 16 You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed."
1.
I am unique different, look at me I
am fearfully and wonderfully made.
1.
I am awesome. (God's defining words)
1.
I used to only act and respond to
what I knew about me or to what others told me I was.
2.
But God's Word has defined me, plans
were laid out for me and a bright hope beats inside of me.
2.
You are a very unique individual like
it or not.
1.
We have all suffered this mentality:
"We don't know who we are so we have no identity, so we borrow somebody else's."
1.
I play me well.
2.
I can't be someone else.
3.
I am an expert at playing me.
3.
When I know how to play me no one can
intimidate me.
1.
My strongest anointing will come when
I identify me.
2.
My strongest calling will come when I
allow God's Word to transform me into His divine purpose for my life!
1.
Trying to be somebody else for
somebody else's sake is burdensome, worry some, and just straight ridiculous.
4.
I have been nailed by choice so I
must be comfortable in my own skin.
1.
We are all leaders so my driving
force should be for people to stop following me because of my gift and start
following me because of my character, integrity, and commitment.
2.
We need to see other men and women
nailed to God.
3.
Make a commitment, nail me God I am
not ashamed.
3.
It's God's will for me to bring forth
fruit in my season.
1.
I am a can do Christian.
1.
Emu and the Kangaroo cannot walk
backwards.
1.
They actually can they just choose
not to.
2.
Australia's crest we will always walk
forward.
2.
Walk forward When the Devil tells me
I can't.
3.
Walk forward anyways when he tells me
I won't.
4.
And you better walk forward every
time, absolutely every time he dares you too.
Proverbs 22:6 "Direct your children onto the right
path, and when they are older, they will not leave it."
5.
Each of us are born with a natural
bend.
1.
Baseball is in Alec, worship is in
Alec and Madi.
2.
Doing the impossible, doing the
dangerous is in Chase.
3.
It's their make-up, their God design,
it's swimming in their DNA structure put their by their creator.
6.
You are bent for Success.
1.
You have a natural bend to achieve.
2.
You are not bent for failure.
3.
Use your gift for the Kingdom of
God-the favor of God will show up.
4.
If you're doing something you hate or
are failing at then maybe you are not in your bend.
5.
God had gifted David to be a King.
1.
I am gifted.
2.
Secret to success.
1.
"Whatever you do in secret God
will reward you openly."
6.
God had gifted Ester to lead.
1.
Walk softly be pliable.
1.
Delight yourself also in the Lord and
He will give you the desires of your heart.
1.
Desires that line up with His will,
purpose, and design.
7.
God had marked Joshua for greatness.
1.
I am marked for greatness.
1.
It's a wonderful life as long as I am
not asked to change.
2.
It's a wonderful life as long as I am
not asked to serve.
3.
It a wonderful life as long as I am
not asked to give.
4.
It's a wonderful life as long as I am
not asked to make any sacrifices.
5.
It's a wonderful life as long as I'm
not demanded to commit.
Isaiah 41:9, 10 9 "I have called you back from the
ends of the earth, saying, 'You are my servant.' For I have chosen you and will
not throw you away 10 Don't be afraid, for I am with you. Don't be discouraged,
for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with
my victorious right hand."
6.
The Devil used me, abused me, lied to
me, did his very best to convince me to take my own life and desired to betray
me as he left me for dead.
1.
But God.
2.
But God had another plan.
3.
But God had another design.
4.
But God had been waging war against
the enemy over my soul and God has won through the death, burial, and
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
5.
But the Holy Spirit stepped in,
breathed life into my dead, dry, bleached bones from the exposure of these
elements and life began to appear.
Isaiah 42:5-7 5 "God, the LORD, created the heavens
and stretched them out. He created the earth and everything in it. He gives
breath to everyone, life to everyone who walks the earth. And it is he who
says, 6 "I, the LORD, have called you to demonstrate my righteousness. I will
take you by the hand and guard you, and I will give you to my people, Israel,
as a symbol of my covenant with them. And you will be a light to guide the
nations. 7 You will open the eyes of the blind. You will free the captives from
prison, releasing those who sit in dark dungeons."
2.
Servility vs. Servant
3.
Slavery vs. Choice
1.
I'm not serving Him just to make
heaven or just to miss hell.
Romans 11:15 NLT "For since their rejection meant that
God offered salvation to the rest of the world, their acceptance will be even
more wonderful. It will be life for those who were dead!"
2.
I serve Him because He's been good to
me.
1.
I sing because I'm happy, I sing
because I'm free for His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me.
1.
Closing story: Early in the spring of
1905, my husband and I were sojourning in Elmira, New York.
2.
We contracted a deep friendship for a
couple by the name of Mr. and Mrs. Doolittle—true
saints of God.
3.
Mrs. Doolittle had been bedridden for
nearly twenty years.
4.
Her husband was an incurable cripple
who had to propel himself to and from his business in a wheel chair.
5.
Despite their afflictions, they lived
happy Christian lives, bringing inspiration, comfort and encouragement to all who
knew them.
6.
One day while we were visiting with the
Doolittle's, my husband commented on their bright hopefulness and asked them
for the secret of it.
1.
Mrs. Doolittle's reply was simple:
"His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me."
7.
This great hymnal of the 19th century
was written as a result of their hope in Christ.
1.
I sing because I'm happy, I sing
because I'm free, His eye is on the sparrow and i know He watches me."
1.
When asked about the hope of their
life they were so passionate, so thankful, so grateful, and served so strongly
this couple experienced something and engaged in something that I want to so
badly to connect myself to forever, Jesus Christ.
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