Victory Life KY

Oh Yeah, I Know Jesus III

Episode Summary

Here’s the question we’ve looked at throughout this talk; can our unbelieving, our ungodly thinking limit what God wants to do in our lives today? As a man thinks, so is he.

Episode Notes

• Matthew 13, When Jesus returned to his hometown, He made a real hit. They had no idea he was this good!” But in the next breath they were cutting him down: “We’ve known him since he was a kid; he’s the carpenter’s son. Who does he think he is?” And he didn’t do many miracles because of their unbelief.

• Psalm 78, How often they provoked Him in the wilderness, they continually turned back and tempted God, limiting the Holy One of Israel.

• Here’s the question we’ve looked at throughout this talk; can our unbelieving, our ungodly thinking limit what God wants to do in our lives today? As a man thinks, so is he.

• This is why we have to be proactive with our thinking. Making ourselves available to God, to His word, to the realities of His world, isn't something that comes natural to our human nature.

• Here’s the harsh reality, as long as we continue living, thinking, responding solely out of our human nature, we absolutely limit Him.

• Romans 8 makes it very clear, those who live spiritual, set their minds on spiritual things. Psalm 46 gives us very simple instructions, calm down, be still and know that He is God. 

• Practicing Psalm 46 will absolutely keep us from ever getting an “oh yea, I know Jesus” attitude of familiarity allowing for complacency.

• Once again, it all comes down to faith. It’s truly the only way a human accesses or functions within God’s kingdom. Faith is simply trust!

• Psalm 37:3-5,NKJV- “Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. 
• Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. 
• Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.”

• Proverbs 3:5-6,NKJV- Trust in the LORD with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.

• God sent the children of Israel into the promised land to stretch their vision, but instead of seeing from His perspective, all they could see was from their natural, logical, human perspective, limiting what God had already planned for them.

• As a believer, we have to ask ourselves what a story like this is even in the Bible for. You think just maybe, God wants to lead all His children into the supernatural He has for each of us..

• Let’s not kid ourselves, there will be times in our faith journey that following God will not cooperate with our logic.

• Remember we asked this last week, are you willing to let what God reveals to you get in the way of your current beliefs? 

• Ultimately, it’s making room for God’s thoughts in our lives, to the degree that we don’t leave any room in our thinking for unbelief.

• Let the Holy Spirit inspire your thinking, which influences your believing. Here’s a great example of a Holy Spirit inspired attitude;
• THE BEST IS YET TO COME!!

• God never intended for His people to simply accept whatever humanity serves up and call that life, nor simply grow comfortable, or should we say complacent hanging out inside the church building.

•  As part of His body in the earth today, He's actually counting on each of us to make the most of the life He’s designed for us. He will always be sending the righteous among the lost.

• God needs anointed, favored, confident, intentional followers in every profession.

• After all, that's where you're going to connect with the majority of people He's wanting to impact through you.

• In Ephesians Paul writes: We should make the most of every opportunity.

• This means getting rid of wrong thinking, especially things like, why would God want to use me? And the enemy’s favorite, “why’s all this bad stuff happening to me?”

• Why do you think its called a fight of faith?

• 2 Timothy 1:7,AMP- For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, of cowardice, fawning fear. He has given us a spirit of power and love, of a calm, well-balanced mind with discipline and self-control. 

• Let’s remember, we belong to a supernatural God, who designed us to participate in the supernatural.

• Acts 4:29-30,NKJV- Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.

• Let's get a little more intentional with our expectations from God. Using our faith to let God enlarge our vision?

• FAITH GETS READY!!

• What if God wants to bless you, favor you, advance you in such a way that everyone will know that He's who did it?

• What if you're the one God's wanting to take to a higher level, maybe not so much for you, but for those He's planning on influencing through you.

• Start letting the Word of God shape your thinking, your imagination.
• Imagination is meditation.

• King David said, blessed is the one who delights in the Word of God, whatever they do will prosper.

• There's only one person who can stop you from becoming who God intends on you being, and that's you.

• But we’ve got to be willing to let the challenges we encounter stretch our faith instead of dictate unbelief.

• Maxwell says, "If we're unchallenged, we'll be unchanging."

• Here's the thing, If we always estimate difficulty in light of our own abilities and resources, we'll never attempt very much.

• Psalm 18 says, It's God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect. In His gentleness, He makes me great.

• I wonder if that's why James told us to count it joy when we're in the middle of the challenge.

• As God's people, we've got to understand, when He looks at our lives, He's not just an observer, He's an investor.

• Let your faith be stretched, embrace the challenge, should I say like James, get excited about it.

• God’s plan of success will never discovered on accident, or by chance. Truth is, it’s discovered with every step of faith we take with Him.

• It's the positive result of a steady forward life of faith, discovering our own God appointed destiny.

• Maybe the question for some of us is; will we be willing to give up what we are to become what God already sees we can be?

• What we have to stay aware of is the reality that God will stretch us beyond our logic and comfort, to a place of total dependence. He is El-Shaddai. His is Jehovah Jireh.

• He is the Lord that sees and provides. And like Abraham, there will be times we’ll have to go only trusting.

• Remember Psalm 46, Calm down, be still and know that He is God. It’s this kind of revelation that will absolutely keep us from ever getting an “oh yea, I know Jesus attitude of familiarity making us complacent.

• Here’s the thing, a humble, willing heart is what makes us available for our vision.

• Proverbs 29:18,AMP- Where there is no vision, no redemptive revelation of God, the people perish...

• MSG- If people can’t see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves.

• It's the oldest, simplest, most proven recipe for success; when opportunity shows up, be ready!

• God never intended for us to reach a certain place of comfort and simply settle in.

• One of the main reasons Jesus came was for us to have a new life in Him. An abundant life.

•  The thing is, He's actually counting on each of us that have received our new life in Him to make a difference with it.

• John 15:16,AMP- You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed you [I have planted you], that you might go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit may be lasting, that it may remain.

• The prophet Zechariah said, "It's not by might nor power, but by the Spirit of the Lord."

• In other words; it'll be God honoring your faithfulness. Positioning your for His divine guidance and anointing. Orchestrating His plan for your life.

• Doors being opened, dreams revitalized, negatives turned around, promises fulfilled.

• The question is; are you honestly, intentionally looking for, expecting, getting ready for God to do something?

•  Remember 2 Timothy, God has given us a spirit of power and love, of a calm, well-balanced mind with discipline and self-control. 

• A spirit that's completely reliant on Him.

• You may have experienced disappointment, bad breaks, discouragement, even heartache,

• But God is reminding us; "It's not by might nor power, but by the Spirit of the Lord."

• We have to stop entertaining all the negative what if's, and instead, make our mind up that all the promises of God are yes and amen in Christ.

• Let’s never let our familiarity with Jesus become some un-reverent, faithless approach to our life in Him that ultimately limits what He has planned for us.

• Regardless of all the unbelieving thoughts that'll try and hold you back, make today the day you get in agreement with God.