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Intro:
Thank you and recap of Juneteenth Block Party.
Those who prayed
Those who communicated
Those who participated
Everyone there was focused on loving the community and serving them.
It was obvious to them that we weren’t there for ourselves
They had a blast!
Notice all the smiles that are on their faces.
Thank you for fulfilling the role God has for our church in this community!
This event would not have been what it was without each person that was there
…which leads us into our passage for today.
Our goals this morning is to see four truths in this text and to insert them into our lives so that we cannot operate outside of them.
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When we pray, and completely rely on God, He prevails.
2. When we cease to pray, we are overcome.
3. When we become weary, we must allow others to help.
4. When we pray, obey, and rely on one another, God is glorified.
When we pray and completely rely on God, He prevails.
As we pursue God and follow His leading, we will, at times, find ourselves at odds with people around us.
But just like with Moses, the fight will come to us...
What I mean by that is we aren’t out just looking for something to fight against.
Amalek attacked Israel, not the other way around.
We can see attacks on two fronts in our text today so we will address those.
These are ultimately attacks from the enemy that are an attempt to devalue and discredit the work that God is doing.
These aren’t attacks on us, but on what God is doing.
Historical - there is opposition because of something that happened in the past that they had no control over.
Part of the reason that Amalek attacked was because he was an heir of Esau and Israel were heirs of Jacob.
remember that Jacob tricked his father, Isaac, into giving him Esau’s inheritance.
So more than +/- 500 years have passed and they are still upset about it.
You may think this sounds ridiculous, but how long has it been since you were in an argument with someone and one of the two of you drug up something from the past as a defense for their action?
We live in a world swimming with opportunities for us to make a mistake and for someone to get upset about it.
That could range from how the church has historically handled race issues to the kind of donuts we serve.
Harlow's are the best and if you disagree you are wrong.
Territorial - there is opposition because we are moving into an area that some may think the church doesn’t belong in.
Israel was attacked because Amalek, a nomad, claimed that territory.
Claiming 101 → shuffle your feet lose your seat.
For us this could range from where we plant the next church to us voicing a biblical truth into a social situation.
People are territorial by nature and when we follow God and move into someone’s “territory” it will ruffle their feathers.
At the end of the day though, we need to settle on this.
We, as a church, and as individuals will follow God where ever He leads.
This is not a blank pass to just jump into anything you think is important.
This is a call for us to ask God where he is leading and then following him.
I purposefully use the terms church and individual because it is important that we know that we aren’t all called to the same roles.
Introduction of Joseph.
Moses appoints him to leadership and gives him his objective.
God calls us to different roles.
All are needed
God defines both Moses’ role and Joseph’s role.
Each of them had a part to play and if they all tried do the same job the results would have been disastrous.
If you are gifted in an area... use it as God leads
If he gives you a task, come tell me or one of the elders.
Don’t assume that we will ask you, we may not know to ask you .
we all have a role to play and it is our own responsibility to make sure we are fulfilling our call to this body.
For the sake of clarity, I want to say it in this way.
God’s desire is that we all fulfill our role in this church and the only way that happens is for each of us to own our ministry.
I know that this isn’t new information.
I’m confident that most in this room have heard more than their fair share of lessons on the parts of the body.
However, what God is showing us here is that learning our part in the body isn’t a one time deal.
This is the first mention of Joseph and it is apparently his first task.
However, we know the leader that he will eventually become.
God didn’t just put him in charge overnight.
God took his time and grew him until he was ready and this very experience was a big part of why he was one of only two that weren’t afraid to go into the promised land and it was because of their experiences with God.
It’s been 40 years for Israel with God providing everything they need and they still haven’t learned.
But look at the response from Joseph...
Joseph ins’t afraid, because his past experiences with God have showed him that God is more than capable of handling the battle that will be required.
As we grow in our relationship with God and mature in our faith, our roles change and we need to be vigilant about asking God where we are supposed to be.
Jumping back to Exodus 17.
We see in vs 10 that everyone went and played their part.
When we all play our part, there aren’t any open gaps that need filling.
the Juneteenth Block party is a great example of that.
I have participated in a lot of church events over the past 20 years.
Most of the time there are a few people running around like chickens with their heads cut off while others are just sitting around.
That was not the case this week.
A couple of examples…
1. Debi taking over set up and serving food, as a result I was able to just spend time loving on people.
2. Talking to the my kids afterward about why we hosted this event and they already got it because Michelle taught on it that Sunday.
This event went so well because we asked God what to do, how to communicate it, and how to do it, and then relied on God to take care of all those things.
He did and he used all of you guys to accomplish His agenda.
It’s important to point out as well, that this wasn’t my or the elder’s idea.
Bethany has been talking to God about Juneteenth for at least a year, but in January she took the time to prayerfully plan her year of ministry.
God told her that he wanted this to happen and she followed his lead.
This is not just a brag, God has given her a passion for this community, given her ways to tangibly love it, and she followed his lead.
She prayed and then fulfilled the task that God gave her.
ok, I’m going to stop beating a dead horse.
We all have a role to play.
got it?
When we cease to pray, we are overcome.
This posture that Moses is taking, lifting the staff, is a posture of prayer.
I cannot emphasize this point enough.
We must pray and pray continually.
The only way we will ever be successful in anything we do is through prayer.
Moses has learned, by experience, that what they need in order to overcome Amalek is for God to do it.
This is a different experience though.
In their past experiences of God, God did all the work.
God is growing their faith by working through them this time.
This can only happen when Joseph and those he choose to with him actually go into battle.
This is also a different experience for Moses.
It is the first time that God’s work depends on his strength and will to obey.
They are learning together that their success is tied to both, God’s activity and their willingness to obey even when it is hard.
Joseph, Moses, and ultimately Israel’s fate depended on all of them fulfilling their call.
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