Stepforward

Mk.3:1-6

It allhappened in the synagogue. Does it happen in your church? A man who had awithered hand was in the right location to receive healing but the population aroundhim was back ward. He was around a very religious population and very stronggroup of lookers. Mk.3:2 so they watched closely, whether He would healhim on Sabbath so they might accuse Him. Religion will not do it foryou and religion cannot do it. Get out of religion and get into Jesus reality.Despite there looking, it is written in Mk.3:3 Jesus said to the man whohad the withered hand to Òstep forwardÓ. Do you think your situationdemands stepping forward? There is a need to step forward from a group ofpeople that are only religious. Jesus called the man with the withered hand tostep forward because He knew his environment was a stagnant environment, notone with motion. You have a need to reassess your congregation and determine ifit is a congregation that is set for motion in Christ Jesus, or one that isbound for stagnation. When he stepped forward, they all kept silent. Stepforward into your miracle and keep your obstacle silent. Ê

Appearance

1Sam.16:1-13

It wastime for Samuel to go to Bethlehem and anoint David as King. WhenSamuel got to Jesse (the father of David), he called for JesseÕs sons. 1Sam.16:6,7 so it was when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, ÒSurely the LORDÕsanointed is before Him!Ó

Butthe LORD said to Samuel, ÒDo not look at his appearance or at his physicalstature, because I have refused him. For the LORD does not see as man sees; forman looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.Ó ÊIn every situation that isconfrontational, the right place to look at is the one that sees beyond how yousee. Samuel, a giant in the LORD looked at the appearance of Eliab (DavidÕsbrother). In his looking, he would have missed it and the purpose of hisassignment could have been in vain. Where or how you are looking in dealingwith all of your confrontations is what will make the difference not theappearance of your confrontation. Stop looking at the appearances of yourconfrontations; begin to look up to God for direction. In GodÕs direction, youcannot fail.

Veryclose

Ex.15:22-27

Every timeyou are close to your miracle the journey gets tougher. Do not be discouragebut disengage yourself from fear. Your miracle is near; trust in God and hopein His mercy. The children of Israel,having received a miracle of breakthrough from the bondage of over four hundredyears, failed to maintain the Hand of GodÕs deliverance in their journey.ÊThree days after they were brought out of the Red Sea, they started complaining to God. There was no water forthem to drink and when they got to Marah, they could not drink the water ofMarah because it was bitter. The children of Israel complained. Their act of complaining is an evidence of theirloss of faith in the source that brought them out of bondage. Moses cried outto God and water was supplied to the children of Israel. Right after the drama of their complaints, their nextstop was a land of abundant water. Ex.15:27 Then they came to Elim, wherethereÊ were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped thereby the waters. An act of complaining is a sin of disobedience. If they hadheld on in trust and patience, they could have walked into the land ofabundance with obedience. They ended up getting more than expected. Theygot water and shelter from seventy palm trees. Can you just wait in trust? Thecloser you get to your miracle, the tougher it becomes. God can not fail; yourmiracle is very close.

Turnaside

Ex.3:1-12

Have youbeen a spectator in His calling for your life? Since He called you what haveyou been doing? God has called you for a purpose that will glorify His name;but you have taken a seat as a spectator. You go from crusade to crusade;church to church; and ministry to ministry all with no motion. Moses, inEx.3:2 the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midstof a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but thebush was not consumed. It was an attention call that was meant forMoses. In his looking, he realized the need to get something out of the strangesight. Ex.3:3, then Moses said, ÒI will now turn aside and see this greatsight, why the bush does not burn.Ó ÊMoses in his looking was able toturn aside. Are you willing to turn aside and turn it all unto God? Stop beinga spectator; turn aside and move to the next level of your assignment in ChristJesus. Ex.3:4 So when the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, Godcalled to him from the midst of the bush and said, ÒMoses, Moses!Ó And he said,ÒHere I am.Ó Moses did not get the calling until he turned aside. Stopbeing a spectator, turn aside and God will set you aside for His glory.Ê

Sacrifice

2Sam.24:1-25,Rm.12:1-2,

Besidestithes or offering, what else have you given unto God lately? In your life,what is costing you that you in your giving unto God? What is your sacrifice toGod? Is your sacrifice costing you or it doesnÕt cost you when you give it toHim? Think about this, the cost of your sacrifice to God will determine theamount of anointing that surface in your life. There has never been any kind ofsacrifice like the one Jesus gave; as a result, the kind of anointing in thelife of Jesus is yet to be found. King David, having numbered the children of Israel, God moved against the children ofIsrael with plague. David needed to erectan altar to the LORD, to stop the plague. When King David approached Araunah,he was offered a free threshing floor to build an altar to the LORD, that theplague may be withdrawn from the people. 2Sam.24:24 Then the King said toAraunah, ÒNo, but I will surely buy it from you for a price; nor will I offerburnt offerings to the LORD my God with that which costs me nothing.Ó So Davidbought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.Those that know Him know well enough not to live a satisfied life but asacrificial life. In all of your presentation to Him, let it be a sacrificialone. Rm.12:1 I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, whichis a reasonable service. ÊÊÊÊÊ