Radical Surrender: Embracing God's Unique Call

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God values faithfulness. He values longevity. He values consistency. He values wisdom. In the church, we value people who have been developed by God. There is no shortcut to development. There is no shortcut to development. And you need God to develop you. He's the only one who can do it. So my encouragement for you is to humble yourself. And be quietly faithful before him. [00:55:33] (44 seconds)  #NoShortcutToGrowth

You don't want a platform you can create. You don't want a job that you can work up and get. You don't want a door that you can open. You don't want an opportunity that's not of him. God is not the only one who exalts. The enemy has the power to exalt. And he delights in exalting. The enemy delights in exalting underdeveloped people. Who are going to bring shame to the name of Christ. And if they would have just stayed hidden in him. He would have developed them into his image. [00:56:17] (39 seconds)  #WaitForGodsTiming

Do not despise the little things. God's preparing you for what he has for you. You might just be a shepherd watching over sheep. It's preparation for the palace and the kingdom like David. You could just have the vision of what God wants to do in your life. Joseph had it. But he had to go into slavery and be imprisoned in order to be developed into the image of God. Do not get ahead of what God wants to do. Wait on his timing. [00:57:05] (40 seconds)  #StewardYourCurrentField

Platform and opportunity does not change who you are. It just reveals it. And so God help us. Steward the field that we're in now in order to become the men and women that you want us to be. [00:57:57] (19 seconds)  #GodsUniqueAssignment

He goes home. This is cinematic in my mind. I wish when you read the Bible, the Holy Spirit would just bring it to life to you. He says, Elijah, he has animal skin wrapped around him. Elijah, can I go back home, and kiss my parents? I'm gonna follow you. Elijah goes, go on back. What have I done to you? And he runs home, and he kills all the oxen. And he takes the wood of the plows, and creates a fire to cook the meat of the oxen on. And he starts handing it out to all the people. Do you know your obedience is meant to be food for the people of God. And he kills the oxen. He burns the plows. And he goes and follows Elijah and serves him. [01:06:19] (56 seconds)  #ConfessToHeal

``The final thing I see in this passage is Elisha's surrender. Elisha's surrender. There is no turning back when you answer the call of God and step into his assignment. Jesus says it like this in Luke chapter 9. Someone came up to him and said, I'll follow you, Lord. But first let me go say goodbye to those at my house. But Jesus said to him, no one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God. Look at me. There's no turning back in surrender. [01:07:15] (39 seconds)  #AnswerTheCall

The assignment is too great. The call is too personal. The anointing on your life is too strong. You need to go all in today with Jesus. What's holding you back? There's not an ox that you couldn't kill today. There's not a plow that you couldn't burn in order to follow Jesus. [01:12:46] (24 seconds)

There's a reality in your life. You keep going back to the old things. You know why? They're still there. You got to destroy them. Make no provision for the flesh. Jesus says, if your arm causes you to sin, cut it off. If your eye causes you to sin, take it out. There has to be a ruthless elimination of sin because if you do not kill sin, it will kill you. And it will destroy the purpose that God has for your life. [01:16:39] (27 seconds)

If you're sinning at any location this morning and you're struggling, the next step for you is to get in the altar and repent. First John 1 .8, if we confess our sin, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sin and cleanse us of all unrighteousness. I'm going to tell you a beautiful scripture about confession that we don't always quote a lot. James chapter 5 tells us, confess your sin one to another that you may be healed. That you may be healed. We confess our sin to God and we're forgiven. We confess our sin to a brother or a sister and freedom, healing comes into our lives. [01:17:06] (46 seconds)

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