Playlist “A Million Reasons”
Have you ever just felt overwhelmed about someone/something? Discouraged? Like giving up on it all together? Maybe you’ve prayed and you know God has called you to something…but you just can’t see it coming true because of all that surrounds you! You’ve literally got a million reasons to walk away…and you are just looking for one good reason to stay on this path! Good News…you aren’t alone! The Bible is full of people who felt exactly the same way!
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“A Million Reasons”
- The ENEMY Will Give You A Million Reasons To QUIT On WHAT MATTERS MOST!
- Noah knows that God is about to destroy all of humankind! All his friends, livestock…every bit of the life he lived! He could have begged God to not do it. Told others to confess and repent…but instead Noah was obedient to God, had faith and did as God told Him!
- Many times the world will give you every excuse not to do what God called you to! Noah heard “It’s never rained like that before”; “Surely our Creator wouldn’t destroy us”.
- Maybe You Hear “It will never happen”; “God has surely forgotten you”; “You’re too screwed up to accomplish that” ; “You’ll never get out of debt” ; “You can’t lost weight” ; “Your marriage is beyond fixing” ; “You can’t beat Cancer”
Whatever the million reasons you hear…know that Satan doesn’t want you to follow through on what God has for you…not because he’s scared of God in you…but scared of what God will do through you!
- Noah knows that God is about to destroy all of humankind! All his friends, livestock…every bit of the life he lived! He could have begged God to not do it. Told others to confess and repent…but instead Noah was obedient to God, had faith and did as God told Him!
- YOU only need ONE GOOD REASON to stay on course! John 12:23-27 Hebrews 12:2-3
- The Most Meaningful Times in life generally happen after the biggest trials
- For Noah…not only was it a trial to get the ark built…he then had to stay on the ark for 6 months waiting on the water to recede. He endured a flood, animals of all kinds in one space and sitting on an ocean of water he knew nothing about. All for what? Because God told him too and it saved his family!
- It was no different for Jesus! He was in an extremely difficult situation where He was the One set apart! Instead of destroying the human race…this time God had a plan to save the human race! And Jesus could have delayed the time frame, not followed through and even quit! When we were at our worst…Jesus was at His best! But, because of the joy set before Him…He endured the Cross! He too wanted to save His family…each and every one of us! It’s crazy what you will go through when you just have one good reason!
- What was Jesus’ one good reason? YOU AND ME! He knows there is Resurrection on the other side of death. There is progress after the pain. There is healing after the hurt. There is a story worth telling on the other side of the struggle!
Take Away:
What is the thing (dream, goal, person, situation) you are avoiding because it’s too difficult?
What is your reason for staying the course? How will it change how you look at the struggle?
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Tyler West 