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From 2014 Series: New Horizon_pt 3: Between Here and There
Can You See It?_pt3: Between Here and There
Isaiah
[RECAP]
“See” = God is not so mysterious… His plan is there in front of you!
“New thing” = It’s always better, always ahead of you, always new!
Can you see it?
[HAVE YOU EVER] - driven to work, pulled into the parking spot thought - whoa, how did I get here?
I don’t recall one minute of that drive!
Has that ever happened to you?
[STORY] - that has happened to me many times, I’m on my way out the door...
Misty says, “Wait!
I need you to drop off the dry cleaning on your way to work.... DON’T FORGET!”
Then you pull into the parking space at work, look down, and - there - the dry cleaning is still in the seat next to you.... ugh!
What’s happening there?
Are you just so used to the routine?
- probably...
Or, maybe your mind is just so focused on your destination (positive or negative) that you fall into “tunnel vision.”
[EXERCISE] - Close your eyes...
Imagine you are in some wide open country space...
Ahead of you is the horizon
Something God is calling you to...
Something amazing that you want to get to...
[BUT] there is more to the picture!
= All the space between here and there!
[PAYOFF] - That is your journey.
That is life.
Life happens between here and there.
[ASK] - What is between now, and what is on the horizon (your vision)?
[PAYOFF] - What is between now, and what is on the horizon (your vision)?
Can you see what is between here and there?
[POINT] - Jesus was in that open country.
He turned and He looked to the horizon.
He knew the hope of His calling - “for the joy set before him He endured the cross.”
He understood that what was at the end of His journey was for those along the way in His journey.
He didn’t bypass them due to tunnel vision, fixated on the destination.
The journey gave the destination purpose.
[AGAIN] - The journey gave the destination purpose.
Our purpose (individually and corporately) is a continuation of His.
The destination is amazing.
Keeping our eyes on what is ahead will keep us on track.
But we cannot miss the many stops along the way… the moments that matter.
The moments the give purpose to the destination.
Career, family, ministry… in all areas of life, this is important.
And, in all areas, you’ll find, its all about those you meet between here and there.
Between here and there
[ASK] - How can I live with this purpose?
New eyes
Matthew
[ASK]
Who is between you and your destination?
Are you looking past them?
Aren’t they the destination?
[PAYOFF] When Jesus saw the crowd, He didn’t just see a mass of people.
He was moved with compassion – He saw them with His heart.
He saw their need.
He “saw the crowds” - New eyes
o New eyes.
He called them the “harvest”… God has prepared this field to be harvested… He has made the field ready… He only needs His laborers to SEE! NEW EYES!
[STORY] - Jesus, while on a controversial trip through Samaria, is left alone with a woman - the Samaritan woman at the well, where a remarkable exchange takes place...
Upon the return of the Disciples who when into town to buy food, they offer him something (he sent them away to get food)
He tells them “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
[POINT] - With his eyes on the horizon (the Cross) he knew what was between here and there, because the horizon was the completion of “God’s will/work”
That sustained Jesus.
That fulfilled Jesus.
It was his mission.
[PAYOFF] - He changed His mind about eating that afternoon.
He was full.
“My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work...”
“Open your eyes “- Just then the people began to arrive at the place of the well - “look at the fields!”
[PAYOFF] - With new eyes - “Christ-eyes” - we will see...
the path differently.
the journey differently
the “here and now” as important as the “there and later!”
[TRANSITION] - With new eyes, we see a...
New mission
These workers - who are they, church?
It’s us! It’s the Church!
Jesus said, “pray Disciples!”
There is coming a day when we will need more workers.
There will be a day we will need Connect Church in Forney!
At Connect Church, we’ve made these words of the Apostle Paul our mission:
Now, listen to the extent in which Paul exerted himself in this mission...
[TRANSITION] - “But, I’m no minister!...”
I disagree!...
Fisherman
Businessman
Businessman
Tax collector
Physician
These were the occupations of the Disciples before they followed Christ.
Some returned to these occupations after His death.
Paul was a businessman/tentmaker
We are ALL ministers, and so by a...
New power
[ARGUMENT] – Sounds tough… Super-spiritual…
Speak the truth in bad circumstances
Pray healing for your family and friends
Now do these with the AUTHORITY Christ has given you!
[PAYOFF] - Our purpose, everyday, is to be in the field.
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