Luke 2: 49- 52 (Jesus is preaching in the church)
- God has created so intrinsic in value, that the world be lost had it not existed. (his kingdom)
--> Isaiah 1:19-
*God is commanding us to be steadfast, immovable in our purpose/ assignment that He has given to us. God is requiring your faithfulness
"Faithfulness" = your dependability to be where you're supposed to be
--> The heart to be there, even when you don't always want to be = "loyalty"
*loyalty is important in winning souls over to God --> your faithfulness + loyalty = tied to someone else's salvation.
"committed" = to pledge to an assignment
*Question: How much more committed to our assignment for God will/ should we be than the commitments we have OUTSIDE of God?
--> we try to please the people around us (i.e you're committed to your spouse/gf/bf, or your sports teams, and ministry obligations in the church, etc) but how much MORE will you be committed to God??
~How to Stay Committed ~
1) Understand the standard or core concept of the company..
*We have to be just as dogmatic, if not more dogmatic about our faith as other people are about other religions! (i.e Islam, etc)
2) Commit your heart to the business
- what you do does have an impact on someone else's life! (everyone is leading someone!)
3) Embrace your privilege to represent the kingdom!
- we have to go harder for what we know and believe!
1 Sam. 30
4) you must be willing to put your agenda on the back burner
*loyalty requires submission. Submission equates to your attitude to a certain extent
- 1 John 5:30
- 1 Kings 19:
*It's not about you all the time!
- 2 Kings 2: 2-
- Stay committed to what God told you to do, even when it's hard ( vs 10-11 "cried.." )
analogy: family business. The parents passed the business down to the children --> God gave us access to the kingdom
5) Find your niche in the family business
--> Ephesians 4:14-16
*Everyone has a part to play. Everyone has gifts, talents, and passions (*16)
--> there's an anointing on your life to do it!
*There's times when we don't want to do, but God says "I could have gotten someone else but i wanted you.."
-->Jeremiah 1:
*anything God asks you to do, God will prepare you for it. If you feel like you were not prepared, it may be because it has already been done.
- In those times, remind yourself that you're committed to Him!! Remind yourself of those many times you told God, "if you just get me out of this one, i'll change.." Unlike us, God doesn't change His mind.
6) Be spirit-controlled rather than flesh-dominated!
* Galatians 5: 14- 26 (Walk by the spirit and not by the flesh)
7) Stay on course at all costs!
--> 1 Samuel 24:2-
- If a parent gives the family business to their children, they want them to handle it right. We have the kingdom of God as an inheritance! So we must place it of some value to us because it's powerful!
- When things start to look grey, we have to remind ourselves of the time when god sent you there, telling you to do it, because it was ordained. That means there is another side to your obstacle.
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