13-04-2019
A movement is a mobilisation of people to where the field is.
Many miracles happen when you obey the Lord.
When God is with you, nothing is impossible.
There are many giants in this land that will tell you that it is impossible. They are like Goliath shouting and tainting you. These giants have to be silenced and be defeated.
You've got to raise up champions. God is raising up champions like David in this church. It takes a special breed of people who are not afraid.
Jesus, make me the champion. Help me to locate the Goliath to destroy them.
The twelve spies saw many giants in the land. Only two of them were not afraid to enter it. (Numbers 13)
You are asked to go into the Promised Land. You are at the border and asking when to go in to possess the land to reach a 100,000 and plant a 100 churches.
The Western countries are much darker than the Eastern counties. They used to be Christian nations. They have turned away from the Lord. In one generation, they have lost their faith. Today, less than 5% attend church. They have banned the Bible and prayer in schools. They are preaching homosexuality and many perverse things in schools.
The East is much more Christian the the West. That's why the West needs missionaries to plant churches.
The Asians are the ones reviving churches.
God is calling for champions to arise.
1 Peter 2:4-6 New King James Version (NKJV)
The Chosen Stone and His Chosen People
4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but
chosen by God and precious, 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a
spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable
to God through Jesus Christ. 6 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture,
“Behold, I lay in Zion
A chief cornerstone, elect, precious,
And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”
1 Peter 2:9 New King James Version (NKJV)
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy
nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who
called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
1 Samuel 17:40 New King James Version (NKJV)
40 Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself
five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag, in a pouch
which he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the
Philistine.
The river represents the Holy Spirit. The Old Testament is a shadow of the New Testament.
Out of the many stones in the river, David choose only five stones. He chose specific types of stones. He chose five smooth stones. If the stones were jagged and full of spikes, they will catch the leather of the slingshot and he will miss the target.
David represents Jesus, the Son of David.
1) If you are not smoothened by water and the Holy Spirit, you cannot be used by God.
God will not choose you because you will not hit the target.
God is smoothening you, eg. the leaders correcting you and you say you don't want to be corrected and be smoothened, you will not be chosen by God.
God is in the smoothening process of your life.
Bad temper, impatience, easily irritated, not caring for other people and only concerned about yourself and what's in it for you, all these things God are polishing in you.
2) In order for that stone to kill Goliath, it has to be small. Small means to be humble. John the Baptists says, "Jesus must increase and I increase."
God wants us small and humble. The smaller you are, the more powerful you are.
If you remain small in God's eyes, God can use you. It doesn't matter how small your talent is.
3) The stone has got to be very hard. Can you imagine throwing tauhu at giants?
Unfortunately, many Christians are like tauhu.
The Bible tells us that we have to endure hardness as a soldier.
2 Timothy 2:3-4 New King James Version (NKJV)
3 You therefore must endure[a] hardship as a good soldier of Jesus
Christ. 4 No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this
life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.
Sometimes we have to go through hard times.
Through the hard times and the fire, we become stronger and stronger. When it hits the head of the giant, it can penetrate his head.
4) The stones that are right in the river need to be seen by David.
Even if you're the right stone and hidden in a corner, David would not be able to find you.
You must be easily found. You must be available to God.
"Here am I. Send me."
5) The stone has to be round and balanced.
Otherwise, it will go in different directions because it is not symmetrical.
God is wanting to round you up. You have to balanced. It is no point coming to church and being so excited about God but not reading the Bible.
Balance yourself with the Word of God and the Holy Spirit.
Fellowship with other people.
Your Christian life needs to be balanced and needs to have contacts with outside people so that you are able to reach out to non-Christians.
Rise up to be a champion for God instead of just pew warmers.
God will choose you to destroy the works of the devil.
The devil wants to destroy your life and your family.
But you destroy him first.
1 John 3:8 New King James Version (NKJV)
8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the
beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might
destroy the works of the devil.
Isaiah 6:8 New King James Version (NKJV)
8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:
“Whom shall I send,
And who will go for Us?”
Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”
Let God deal with your heart first.
Be a giant slayer.
Be a champion for Jesus.
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