God Is Sending You | We Interrupt The Regularly Scheduled Program…

He loved God's presence. He loved being able to see what God told him to do, but then he got upset when it gave time to do what he told him to do. Which brings me to my next point. You can't embrace God's presence while rejecting God's plan. You can't embrace God's presence while rejecting his plan. It's like, wait Moses, hold up. You were just in awe by looking at me. You were just in awe when you were able to spend time with me. You were in awe at what it was that you witnessed. You were grateful to be in the presence of the true and living God. But as soon as I fixed my lips to give you an instruction, you didn't wanna do it. [00:20:06] (43 seconds)  #EmbracePresenceAndPlan

I have to walk in the direction that God tells me to walk before I can speak. Let me ask anyone that feels they are struggling with this. If you are not where God has told you to be, why are you talking so much about it? The bible says in second Corinthians five and seven, to walk by faith not by sight. The bible says in Psalms chapter 20 chapter 37 verses twenty three and twenty four, the steps of a good man are ordered and the Lord delights in his own way. Though he fall though he stumbles, he will not fall for the Lord upholds him with his right hand. You walk. [00:28:47] (37 seconds)  #WalkByFaith

We want the promise of God. We want the finish line, but we don't wanna lace up our boots and run the race. We want things to work out, but we don't wanna say no to the things that are killing our flesh. We want to have friendships that work, but we don't wanna get rid of the insecurities we battle. We wanna say we're pure, but we don't wanna block the websites that are warping our minds. We don't wanna turn the TV show off as quiet. We don't wanna turn the TV shows off that we know are not doing anything good for our minds. We don't wanna turn those songs off that are leaning us down the wrong path. We want the presence of God, but we want to ignore the plan. [00:21:45] (38 seconds)  #NoShortcutsToPromises

So let's let's let's end the whole Moses stutter thing like right here right now. Let's not be a church that professes and proclaims thing that man believes, but God never once said. Just because Moses said he stuttered doesn't mean that God agrees with him. You can say whatever you want about yourself. That doesn't mean God is going to agree with you. What if the reason Moses was trying to present himself as someone with the deficiency was simply because he was trying to disqualify himself to do what God had already qualified him to do? [00:25:34] (35 seconds)  #MosesDidntStutter

Stop waiting for people to get to the finish line to stand and clap for them. Clap for them for making progress. The number of buddies I've had since I got out of the military that would call me and tell me, hey, you know how I told you I wanted to quit smoking? I said, yeah. You were smoking a pack a day. You told me you wanted to quit. How you doing that? He said, yo. It's Wednesday. I only had two cigarettes. I jumped on him and I celebrated him because that's progress. But before y'all clap, ask yourselves how many of those people can stand up here and say that and get that same type of applause? Or are you only gonna celebrate them when they kick the entire thing? Can you celebrate someone in their transparency and not condemn them until they are fully transformed? [00:32:30] (47 seconds)  #CelebrateProgress

Listening to people that you think makes sense is only gonna get you in a world of trouble. Because when you start getting steered by your senses, you are no longer led by faith. And when you are no longer led by faith, you end up being like Adam and Eve going to a tree you should not be anywhere around, eating something you should not consume simply because you didn't believe God when he said, I have better for you. And if we are to do anything today, I want us to just be encouraged as I wrap this up. Please learn to celebrate where you are because each and every single one of you are right now being sent by God. [00:35:02] (37 seconds)  #LedByFaithNotSenses

So maybe the reason you are trying to disqualify yourself is because you have no business doing what it is you're doing, so you're trying to shut the door that God says, keep that open. I have a reason for you to go through there. Moses being powerful in both speech and action is not just a declaration, but it is a clear set of understanding for us to know that we cannot convince God that we are not something that he never said we wasn't. No more shaming ourselves into saying, I can't have this job. I didn't finish school. Did God tell you to apply or not? No more, I don't know if my sibling's gonna forgive me. We haven't talking in three years. Did God tell you to send that text message to them or not? [00:26:58] (43 seconds)  #StopSelfDisqualifying

Moses sees the Lord's presence. He sees a flame taking up a bush, and it is not consuming consuming the bush. Anything in this room gets set on fire at some point, it's going to be consumed. The bush was lit on fire and was not consumed. It continued to grow brighter. There's no amber. There's no ashes. There's no smell that makes you start to choke on it and cause you to lose consciousness. He is so curious, he's walking closer to it and actually says scripture says he's looking like this is the most amazing thing I've ever seen in my life. So now he's amazed by the presence of the Lord speaking to him. He's amazed by what God has shown him, but then he rejects what God has told him to do. [00:19:17] (49 seconds)  #AweWithoutObedience