GOD HAS QUALIFIED YOU, STOP DISQUALIFYING YOURSELF
26 NOVEMBER 2023
Pastor Lawrence
Matthew 11:28-30
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
Am I weary today? Come to Him, my Savior
He promised that He will give me rest
Greatest/ perfect rest => a rest of a trouble conscious
Jesus came and give me rest for my conscious. Jesus shed His precious blood, wash away all my sins, I am stand forgiven, Holy, blameless, above reproach. There is mercy, abundant grace for every sin/ failure. Come to the throne of grace
I owe everything to Him. God is good
without Jesus, where will I be today?
Thank you Jesus, I am grateful to you
No-one compares to You, You alone are my Lord because You died for me
Lord, by Your grace, I live for You
I can have nothing unless You bless me, Lord I need You today
Everything that I have is from God, out of His own, have I given unto Him. It is all from Him, without Jesus, I won't even be here
He is the source of creation, everything that I have I owe it to Him
Worship/ acknowledge Him as truly the giver of all good things in my life
Lord because of Your blessings, I have everything
out of Your own, have I given back to You
Bless every gifts, I ask in Jesus' name
Jesus said: "Behold, I stand at your door and knock"
Let Him love me
Make room for Christ
Pastor Lian
Most wonderful time of the year, Christmas, love came down for me
Have you receive Jesus as your Savior?
Do you want to receive Jesus as your Savior today?
God will use disappointment and turn that to be hungry for Him, turn things around for me
Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
al things => good things, bad things, all things work together for my good
Only Jesus can do it
He can work all things for my good
Children experience spiritual awakenings => unstoppable, be like David giant slayer
Event of Moses's Life
Prince of Egypt, left Egypt. In Median, he encountered the burning bush, burning but not burn out, God is there, he experienced God there
Call things that's not as though they are
Exodus 3:10 God mission to Moses
Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”
God saying: I gonna use you to bring them and deliver them
Exodus 3:11
But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”
immediately Moses is so conscious on his inability. Eyes on himself
Presence of Jesus infant of him but Moses's eyes not on Jesus but himself
Look at God's heart, see the heart of my God, Savior
I disqualify myself (I cannot, I am lousy), God said "I will certainly be with you"
Exodus 3:12
So He said, “I will certainly be with you. And this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”
God looks at me, "I qualify you, My Son have qualify you. I see you in Christ, I see you as righteousness of God in Christ"
who am I? no education, not the reason for my success/ qualification, to bless up there in marketplace
my qualification, God said "I will certainly be with you"
Believe God to put me at right place right time at Kairos year
God will put me there, bless and make me in the blessings
Lord was with Joseph and he was a successful man, he could not remain a slave
Exodus 3:13
Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?”
All about 'I' (they don't believe me, mock me)
Exodus 3:14
And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”
I don't know what to do
God said: "I will reveal myself to you, when I reveal myself to you, I am your wisdom, protector, provider, deliverer, peace. I am I am. As long as you know who I am, I am everything you need. When you see Me, take your eyes away from yourself, look to Me. I am at your back, what do you need today? I am your shalom, nothing missing, nothing shall be broken. I am your peace"
Moses 3rd question
Exodus 4:1-2
1 Then Moses answered and said, “But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you.’ ”
2 So the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.”
-again about me and I, God is right there but his eyes on himself
Awaken me what is in my hand
God said: "I will cause your hand to do signs and wonders"
He will prosper every work in my hand
I involve the kids, eg to do laundry, I ask them, I involved them
God don't need/use me, why God still use me?
because He wants to be involve in my life
He wants me to be so close to Him, He wants to grow my spiritual muscle
God wants to be intimately involve in every area of my life, He wants to be involve because He wants to be with me
Lean myself on Jesus bosom, like Apostle John
Whatever I am called to, the Lord wants to use all of that to make sure I am close to Him, He can supply to me and I grow in spiritual miscle
Lord wants to be involve, "I want to grow your spiritual muscle and to hear my voice, I want to be involve"
Exodus 4:10 Moses 4th question
Then Moses said to the Lord, “O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”
eyes on all the negatives (all the cannot), criticise, angry with ourselves. Our flesh is quick to look what we don't haven what is not good
Hey! no more! STOP looking at all that, look at God's answer in Exodus 4:12
Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say.”
Looking at all our shortcomings
God said: where do you look at you?
God said: "I will be with your mouth, in your area of weakness, I will be there, I will teach you what you say. In the weakness, my grace and supply will superabound right there"
Exodus 4:13 Moses 5th question (ultimate)
But he said, “O my Lord, please send by the hand of whomever else You may send.”
God maker of Heaven and Earth
Look at God's heart
gazing upon beauty of my God
Exodus 4:14-15
14 So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and He said: “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And look, he is also coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
15 Now you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you shall do.
Even Moses so afraid, Lord was not angry. He poured in more supply. What I need?
When Moses rejected God, God increase supply to Moses
Put my eyes on Jesus
Comparison, analyse - eyes on myself
turn my eyes upon Jesus
Clouds over my head, how? Took out JP app
God is going to do it for me today
This is how I see Jesus, look unto Jesus, focus on Jesus:
Lord, today I won't allow negative thoughts to takw root in my heart. I will defend myself against every evil thought with the sword of the Spirit which is your word and which is infallible and unshakeable and everlasting and which stands forever. Your words shall not depart from my mouth but I shall meditate upon it day and night and be careful to believe all of them and I shall make my way prosperous and I shall have good success. You are able to do exceedingly abundantly above all I can ask or think. As I come unto You, I shall not labour or be heavy laden for You shall rest me, Your yoke is easy and Your burden is light. The battle is the Lord's but the victory is mine. I give attention to Your words, I incline my ears to Your sayings, they shall not depart from my eyes, I keep them in the midst of my heart and they shall be life to me as I find them and health to all my flesh,
Depend on self efforts, have results but it is negative fruits
Heart of Father, I will see His heart, no more disqualification because Jesus qualified me at the cross, He bore every punishment for my sins
Just looking unto Jesus, just look to Him
Bites: make a brazen serpent (Jesus at the cross)
He is the one who took the judgement on every sin. Therefore, sin have no hold on me, I only have blessings
Goodness of Jesus
God can turn things around for my good
Lord's good hands blessed me
I feel loved by the Lord
Heart full of thanksgiving of Lord
There is restoration for me
Lord's power and supply unto me
To Jesus be all the glory
His heart => even though I am faithless, I don't know what to do, God remains faithful to me
In this crazy times, see all this things, God says: Look up
Today, I look up
Luke 21:28
Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.”
Look up, lift up my heads
Don't allow this anxiety to weigh me down
Thank you Jesus!
Amen!