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I. INTRODUCTION
The story is told of a Christian who was reduced to such poverty that he had only one pair of shoes, with the soles worn through and his toes sticking out.
Depressed and discouraged, he walked down the street mumbling to himself: “I might as well be barefooted as to wear these miserable, uncomfortable shoes.”
As he felt himself becoming more and more bitter, he came upon a man sitting on the sidewalk and begging.
The poor fellow had no legs.
After a moment, the discouraged Christian realized that there was something worse than having old shoes—having no feet upon which to wear the shoes.
Are you complaining?
Think how much worse things could be.
WHEN GOD DOESN’T DO THINGS THAT WE THINK HE SHOULD OR WHEN WE THINK THAT WE DESERVE MORE THAN WHAT HE DOES FOR US, IT IS IN OUR FALLEN NATURE TO COMPLAIN
BECAUSE, OUR FALLEN NATURE WANTS TO COMPLAIN, WE NEED TO FIGHT IT WITH THANKSGIVING REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE.
HOW DO WE THANK GOD WHEN THINGS DO NOT GO THE WAY WE EXPECTED?
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IT IS EASY TO COMPLAIN WHEN GOD DOESN’T DO THINGS THE WAY THAT WE WANT THEM DONE
I. THE VALLEY
RECORDS A GREAT BREAKTHROUGH.
AFTER HAVING EXPERIENCED DEFEATS, GOD’S PEOPLE BEGAN CONQUERING TERRITORY AND THEY ARE NOT EVEN TO CANAAN YET.
THIS IS USUALLY THE EXPERIENCE OF REAL LIFE
THE BREAKTHROUGH DOESN’T COME WITHOUT SOME SETBACKS FIRST
NOW THEY ARE GAINING GREAT SUCCESS
JUST PREVIOUSLY, THE ISRAELITES BACKED DOWN FROM AN ARMED THREAT FROM THE EDOMITES
AND INSTEAD OF FIGHTING AND PENETRATING THE PROMISED LAND FROM THE SOUTH, THEY DELAY THEIR JOURNEY AND ENTER FROM THE EAST
THIS DELAY CAUSED THE SOUL OF THE PEOPLE TO BECOME INPATIENT AND INTOLERANT
THEY WERE TIRED OF WAITING FOR GOD TO FULFILL HIS PROMISE, NOT REALIZING IT WAS THEIR LACK OF FAITH
MANY TIMES, THE DELAYS IN OUR LIVES IS NOT THE INABILITY OF GOD BUT THE LACK OF OUR OWN FAITH
AND WE GET MAD AT GOD AND MAD AND HIS LEADERS BECAUSE WE HAVEN’T SEEN HIS PROMISES
HAVE YOU EVER GOTTEN MAD AT GOD AND HIS MESSENGER BECAUSE YOUR PROMISE HAS NOT COME TO PASS.
THEY WERE TIRED OF THE SAME OLD THING
THEY WERE TIRED OF HAVING FAITH TO EAT AND DRINK
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TIRED OF BELIEVING GOD?
THEY SAID WE HATE THIS LIGHT BREAD THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US
WE DON’T WANT YOU TO FEED US WITH BREAD FROM HEAVEN, WE WANT THE MILK AND HONEY
HOW EASY OUR OLD MAN ATTEMPTS TO RESURRECT HIMSELF
HE APPETITE IS FOR EARTHLY THINGS AND NOT HEAVENLY THINGS
THEY WERE TIRED OF GOD BLESSING THEM FROM HEAVEN, THEY WANTED EARTHLY BLESSINGS
THEY DEFINED HEAVEN’S BLESSINGS AS WORTHLESS.
I WONDER HOW MANY OF US TODAY ARE TIRED OF HEAVENLY THINGS AND DESIRE EARTHLY THINGS
DON ‘T TELL ME IT IS IMPOSSIBLE
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THE VENOM
WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THIS IS THE LAST OF THEIR COMPLAINTS BEFORE ENTERING THE PROMISED LAND.
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY, GOD CAN HEAR YOU
EARLY THEY COMPLAINED AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE LORD HEARD IT AND IT DISPLEASED HIM AND BURNT SOME OF THEM
THIS TIME GOD-NOT THE DEVIL, NOT THE AREA, NOT SOMEONES PETS BUT GOD SENT FIREY SERPENTS
ALL BECAUSE THEY COMPLAINED
I WONDER HOW MANY BLESSINGS HAVE BEEN HELD BACK FROM US BECAUSE WE HAVE COMPLAINED
HOW MANY THINGS HAVE BEEN BURNED BECAUSE OF OUR LACK OF APPRECIATION-RELATIONSHIPS, MARRIAGES, FRIENDSHIPS, JOBS, CAREERS, MONEY, PROMOTIONS, GENEROSITY, LACK OF PRAYER
AND THEY CRIED OUT TO THE LORD BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE DYING BECAUSE OF THE SERPENTS
WHEN YOU COMPLAIN, IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH GOD’S WORK IN YOUR LIFE
AND MANY TIMES WHEN YOU ARE UNSATISFIED, YOU TAKE THINGS INTO YOUR OWN HANDS WHEN GOD IS THE ANSWER
EXAMPLE—>MY FIRST TRIP AND JOB
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THE VICTORY
THE PEOPLE REPENT AND ASK MOSES TO INTERCEDE
GOD TELLS MOSES TO MAKE A FIREY SERPENT AND PUTB IT ON A POLE
AND GOD SAYS EVERYONE WHO SHALL LOOK UPON IT SHALL BE HEALED
SINCE WHEN DOES A STatUE CONQUER LIFE
BUT THE INTERESTING THING IS THAT IN THE HEBREW THE WORD FIREY SERPENT IS THE WORD SERAPH WHICH IS A HEAVENLY BEING
BUT SERPENTS USUALLY REPRESENT EVIL, BUT BRONZE REPRESENTS JUDGEMENT UPON EVIL
IF GOD’S FIREY ONE’S BOTH KILL AND Save
the bronze serpent thus becomes the THE ANTICDOTE TO THE DEADLY BITES OF THE FIREY SERPENTS OF SIN
ONCE THE PEOPLE HAVE RECOGNIZED THEIR SIN AND CONFESSED IT, THEIR TORMENTOR BECOMES THEIR SAVIOR
WHAT ARE HUMANS MOST AFRAID OF AND WHAT DOES THAT FEAR DO TO US
HOW DOES GOD RESPOND TO OUR FEAR
HE GAVE US CHRIST, JUST AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS, SO MUST THE SON OF MAN BE LIFTED UP
WHERE GOD JUDGED THE REBELLIOUS PEOPLE, WHEN THEIR IS INTERCESSION (CHRIST ON THE CROSS) ANYONE WHO LOOKS UPON THAT IMAGE, WHICH IS SYMBOLIC OF THE CROSS, THEY WERE HEALED AND THEY RECEIVED SALVATION.
IT IS TIME TO LOOK AT THE SON OF GOD, CHRIST, IN FAITH
NOT IN OUR OWN FAITH, BUT THE GOD IN WHOM THE FAITH IS PLACED
THAT IS THE SOURCE OF SALVATION
JUST AS IT MEANT NEW LIFE IN THE WILDERNESS, IT MEANS NEW LIFE TO US
IT IS TIME TO LIFT UP CHRIST AND THE CROSS OVER EVERY SITUATION IN OUR LIFE.
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