Formed, Filled, Fueled: God's Blueprint for Purpose

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He sent his word and healed his people. His word of deliverance came to the people of Israel before the actual deliverance came. God will always speak first and then the manifestation happens later. When he created all things, he spoke them into existence. God spoke light, then light manifested. Then there was light. And in our lives, God hasn't changed. He does it the same way. He will speak. He will deliver his word to you first and acting on that word, your reception of that word determines the expression of the word. How do you receive the word? The Bible says that, you know, we can hear the word and then go immediately away and forget what we heard. The enemy steals it. [00:00:45] (44 seconds)


So how we receive the word determines the expression that we see of God's word in our life. So first of all, I honor you for being people of the word, that you value the word of God. And as the Lord says, as he's told me lately to say, transition, increase, multiplication, growth. I've been saying it all year. So when you see it, you will know that God's word paved the way and not a man. [00:01:36] (27 seconds)


So recognizing that time is short, we must know what are we supposed to be doing in these few moments before eternity steps in. I do not want to be caught off guard when the sky splits open and say, wait a second, I have a lot to do. I messed up, I wasted time. Let me fix it real quick. It will be too late. [00:08:48] (19 seconds)


My prayer for you is that you're right in the middle of what God's called you to do. And this message today, I think, is going to shine the light on some areas that we've been confused about in the church. So once he created man, he breathed into him. So it says he formed him, then he breathed the breath of life into him, and then he blessed them, male and female, and said, be fruitful and multiply. Let me say it like this. God formed man, he filled him with the breath of life, and he empowered him to be fruitful and multiply. [00:09:07] (34 seconds)


The clay, if you will, didn't become man until it was filled with the breath of God. Are you ready for this? The church didn't become the body of Christ until it was filled with the spirit of Christ. We have to have his spirit came into us. And at that moment, we are now not just adopted any longer. Born again. We've been brought in and reborn. And now we're a part, a vital part of his body or expression in the earth. [00:11:34] (38 seconds)


And because God filled the vessel that He called Adam, or man, with His own breath, now man, or Adam, mankind, Adam and Eve, are now made and living beings made in the image of God. Let me say it like this. You're defined, the vessel is defined by what it's filled with. [00:12:34] (24 seconds)


Then he said, now you are made in my image, you can have dominion like me. He didn't say it to the dogs, or the birds, or the lizards, or the snakes, or anything else. Why? Because he took his own substance, his own breath, and filled the vessel that he made from the ground with his own breath. Then he said, now you're special. [00:13:59] (19 seconds)


But are you ready for this? If the body is not fulfilling its purpose, then the will of the head isn't being done. And that's why I've said God's going to find somebody to fulfill His purpose in His body. I don't know about you, but I don't want to be passed over because I'm not willing to submit and do what God's called me to do. I want to be active in fulfilling God's plan and purpose. So if you think about John chapter 14 verse 9, it says, if you've seen me, Jesus said, you've seen the Father. [00:16:03] (28 seconds)


This is why the church is so isolated. And I don't just mean the church between other churches. Even within the church. The enemy tries to get us on islands because just like the National Geographic show, when the lion is looking for something to eat, he's waiting for one of the animals to get alone, isolated, fall behind, get lost. And at that point he pounces. So what's the enemy want to do? He wants to isolate you. And so your schedule is going to try to isolate you. Your emotions are going to try to isolate you. He's going to play on anything he can do in your life to keep you alone, isolated, and trying to serve God as a one -man show. And in that moment, he's paralyzed your calling and he's one in your life. [00:25:00] (42 seconds)


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