Winning The Game of Life – By having a God Inspired Purpose
Life of purpose vs. life of mediocrity.
John 10 – Abundant life
Not just breath and survive – achieve my desires and goals.
Abundant Life = Fulfilled Life
We don’t find that purpose and momentum on our own:
PSA 37:4
Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you your heart’s desires.
MOSES STORY
MISDIRECTED PASSION
Ex 2:11-12
11 Many years later, when Moses had grown up, he went out to visit his own people, the Hebrews, and he saw how hard they were forced to work. During his visit, he saw an Egyptian beating one of his fellow Hebrews. 12 After looking in all directions to make sure no one was watching, Moses killed the Egyptian and hid the body in the sand.
THAT PASSION HAD A GOD THOUGHT BEHIND IT
Ex 2:23-25
23 Years passed, and the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites continued to groan under their burden of slavery. They cried out for help, and their cry rose up to God.24 God heard their groaning, and he remembered his covenant promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 25 He looked down on the people of Israel and knew it was time to act.[c]
40 YEARS OF REFINING AND ALIGNING
Spent time in Mideon being refined and aligned…
Refined – the gifts needed to be matured. His response had to be negotiate and reliant on Gods strength not his own (Murder).
Refine them from a pride into an ability and a humility that would fulfill Moses’s desires in a divine way.
Aligned – he needed to come to a realization that the reason he ran was he did not know that the history, position and personality he had been given was not his burden but his purpose.
Becomes a divine purpose when we can align who are to Jesus so that he can use us for good.
Not a pain but a promoter
Aligning and refining is not wasted time.
Desert time – Jesus conquered Satan
Public Speaking – trouble
Preaching – good.
HOLY GROUND MOMENT – BURNING BUSH
10 Now go, for I am sending you to Pharaoh. You must lead my people Israel out of Egypt.”
How that must have done something on the inside of him. But how inferior it must have made him feel.
Moses was content with having the gifts and using them in a way that he could control and understand…
Genesis 3:15b-17
When Moses arrived in Midian, he sat down beside a well. 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters who came as usual to draw water and fill the water troughs for their father’s flocks. 17 But some other shepherds came and chased them away. So Moses jumped up and rescued the girls from the shepherds. Then he drew water for their flocks.
But now he had been shown and felt that what he had always desired, what had cause him to step out of his protected palace world into irrational defense of his people, what he had that would protect some women at a well, could be used to liberate an entire nation.
Aligning what little you think you have to the greater good that God has in mind = faith – He can see it but we can’t.
Realizing there is a God given purpose to your personality and talents = passion… (ongoing – not grow weary kind of life)
Mediocrity comes from weariness…
Isaiah 40:31 New Living Translation (NLT)
31
But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.
They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
They will walk and not faint.
The weight of your problem becomes then fuel of your purpose.
A Holy Ground Moment With God
1. Submission and Worship – Aligns your life with His will (“Holy Ground” – Moses was anti-oppression – So was God)
2. Eliminates excuses and replaces them with supernatural gifts for the tasks at hand (I can not speak – What do you have in your hand?)
He gave Moses things he never knew he could do to replace the things he knew he couldn’t do.
3. Is always for others (liberation of the people)
Aligning our desires with His will
He will never force our will…
We just need to love Him in our day to day lives.
Romans 8:28
So we are convinced that every detail of our lives is continually woven together to fit into God’s perfect plan of bringing good into our lives, for we are his lovers who have been called to fulfill his designed purpose.
He wants to use every moment of the life that you call boring, the life that you feel lacks purpose, he wants to use every moment, if you will let him, to work his will. When we can give him those moments (love him) he will use them for good.
We can’t camp on Holy Ground…
We need to create an environment in our lives of having Holy Ground moments. But we can not camp in the anointing. If
Moses had stayed at the burning bush all he would have been able to do is have a good bbq.
If David had not responded to the anointing as king he would have just been a greasy shepherd.
There are major Holy Ground moments
The first one = called by Jesus (Love God – Love others)
From palace to people
Holy Ground moment 2 = baptism of the Holy Spirit. When you can no longer handle… In a moment of desperation, fear, hopelessness whatever it is, you strike out against your current circumstances and a desire, a dream, is revealed…
Marriage is a major holy ground moment.
Communion is another major Holy Ground moment.
All of these Holy Ground Moments (some call them sacraments) are moments of worship where we align our lives to the purpose of God.
But there are also Holy Ground moments that we can have every day…
Reading the Word
Being with other believers
Spending time reasoning with the Holy Spirit (meditation)
All the Holy Ground moments are day to day sandal removing activities we can do to ensure we are aligning our desires and our lives, our talents histories and pasts with Gods desire.
Despite your excuses, your life has something in it that you know God can use but you are afraid. Let him in supernaturally to link your dream to his and watch the purpose you so desire to walk out become reality…
Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you your heart’s desires.