Date: 05-Aug-2024
Name: Michael Ngethe
Topic: GOING YONDER TO WORSHIP!
Content:
Psalms 34:1-3
I will bless the LORD at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
My soul shall make its boast in the LORD;
The humble shall hear of it and be glad.
Oh, magnify the LORD with me,
And let us exalt His name together.
2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. In this you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars.”
James 4:8
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
“Every season is governed by revelation and truth.”
Ps Pancras.
1 Kings 19:7
And the angel of the LORD came back the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.”
The quotes on discerning changing season.
“You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of
everything else.”
- Charles Spurgeon
“The secret of change is to focus all of your enorgy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”
- Socrates
“Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in oun lives won’t
have a title until much later.”
- Bob Goff
“In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.”
- Abraham Maslow
“You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.
“Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?” (Isaiah 43:19, ESV)”
LESSONS WE CAN LEARN FROM THE FATHER OF FAITH. (ABRAHAM)
Key Text Genesis 22:1-13
(Heb. 11:17–19)
Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!”
And he said, “Here I am.”
Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off. And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.”
So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together. But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!”
And he said, “Here I am, my son.”
Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.
Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
But the Angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”
So he said, “Here I am.”
And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”
Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
1. What the instructions for the season your next season.
“Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
Isaiah 30:21
Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying,
“This is the way, walk in it,”
Whenever you turn to the right hand
Or whenever you turn to the left.
John 10:27-28
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
2. Act immediately and decisively.
So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son.
• Start with you have and where you are.
1 Samuel 15:22
So Samuel said:
“Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
As in obeying the voice of the LORD?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to heed than the fat of rams.
Psalm 119:32 (NCV)
“I will quickly obey your commands”
Psalms 119:32
I run in the path of your commands,
for you have broadened my understanding.
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3. The lord will show you the place.
Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off.
John 14:26
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
John 16:13
But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
4. Your journey is personal not a group activity.
And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.”
• Not everyone is called to go with you to the mountain top.
• Everyone season has people assigned to journey with you.
• Not everyone has the capacity and tenacity for the next level.
• You have to carry your own wood and Sacrifice.
Reasons to walk with others.
1. It’s safer. Have you ever walked alone at night through a dark alley or down a lonely country road? It’s a little scary. But if you have another person with you, you feel safer.
2. It’s supportive. Life is not a 100 meters dash; it’s a marathon. Walking with other people gives you the energy to keep on going until the end.
3. It’s smarter. You learn more by walking with others than by walking alone. If you’re walking alone in the wrong direction, you may never realize it.
Luke 4:42
At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them.
Mark 1:35
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.
5. The sacrifice, fire, the wood and the knife.
So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together.
Symbolism of the items for sacrifice.
Things to ensure we call always in our journey.
1. Wood- Our humanity (dead wood) somethings in your life that is dead. Human fleshly that God has cut out of your life in pursuit of God.
2. Fire - The Holy Spirit.
3. Knife - The word.
4. The son- The sacrifice.
6. Only Speak Faith.
Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.”
• Always learn to speak Faith.
Hebrews 11:17-19
The Faith of the Patriarchs
(Gen. 22:1–14; 48:8–16; 50:22–25)
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, “In Isaac your seed shall be called,” concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.
Luke 6:45
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
7. The reward is guaranteed.
Genesis 22:15-17
Then the Angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, and said: “By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son— blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.
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