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Title:  Enough
Text: Deut 2:3
/You have circled this mountain long enough.
Now turn north, NASB/
*Introduction*: In 2002, Jennifer Lopez starred in a movie called “Enough”.
It was about a gentle loving woman who was married to a rich yet abusive husband.
Her marriage did not start out in abuse but when she tried do live like normal people, she noticed how controlling and domineering her husband was.
He not only verbally abusive but he beat her anytime he thought she deserved it.
She tried leave peaceably but he did not allow her to.
The abuse got worse.
But it was not until she got sick and tired of being sick and tired that she did something about it.
She realized that how she was living was not the way anyone should live.
She knew the only way out of her marriage was to fight back and kick his butt.
She started training to defend herself.
And at the proper time she was ready to fight back.
Enough was enough and she was not going to take the abuse anymore.
She wanted to have a better life.
Church, there have been some things in your life that you have dealt with that made life extremely difficult for you.
Yet you have been tolerating it for a long time.
You also know that God is telling you that there is a better way to live.
There is more in store for you.
You have been in this situation long enough and it’s time to move on to what God has for you.
*Background*: Moses and the children of Israel are now on the east bank of the Jordan preparing to enter into the promise land.
But this is the new generation of Israel, the sons and daughter of the faithless who are now getting a reminder from Moses on what the Lord can do will do when we obey.
In order for you move where God wants you to move, the first thing you have to do is have…
*I.               **A change of perspective.*
The text reads, “/you have circled/…stop right there.
“You” is the operative word in this text.
If you want get out from doing the same thing over and over again, it starts with you.
Most of us, when we find ourselves in situations that we don’t care to be in, we tend to play the blame game.
We want to blame somebody else for why we are in this mess.
If so and so… Why God won’t…The devil got me….Your issues are everybody’s fault but your own.
But the real deal is /it’s you/!
You have to change you.
In order to change you, you have to have a new perspective.
A perspective is your mental view of your situation.
In other words, it is what you think but we now have to do it differently.
Remember, the children of Israel were in wilderness because of their wayward thinking.
God had already given them the promise land.
However, they did not trust God to possess it and they stayed in the wilderness for 40yrs.
As Moses reminded this next generation of Israelites of the mistakes of the past generation, I am here to remind Tried Stone not to let past behaviors forfeit your promise.
Change your perspective by changing the way you think!
The Israelites parents let thoughts of fear and complacency keep them in the wilderness by rebelling against what God had commanded!
When God tells you to do something no matter what it is or looks like, do it!
You have to know if God said it shall be come to pass!
Church, you have to think about your life and yourself differently.
The bible says that “as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he”.
This is problem.
We don’t think too highly of ourselves therefore we don’t think we can do better.
Better yet, we don’t think about ourselves the way God thinks about us.
You got to think what God thinks about you.
Let me help you.
Everything God thinks is wonderful!
You are the very thoughts of God.
You are a result of His creative power!
That is why you are anointed!
That is why you have greatness inside of you!
This should make you change your perspective.
You can change “you” by changing the way you think.
Paul, says in Phillipians, “think on these things: true, honest, just, pure and good report”!
Next…
*II.
**Don’t get complacent in your current position*
/The text says that you have circled *this mountain*…/
The word /circled/ in this text in the original language is sabab which mean compassed, hover around, marching around or closing the loop.
Simply put, you have been going around in circles.
You have been seeing the same thing over and over again.
You have been wearing out the carpet walking in the same place.
/You have circled this mountain long enough/.
Because of their disobedience, the children of Israel have been going around this mountain now for 40 years.
For 40 years, they have been looking at the same rock formation.
For 40 years, they have look at the same trees.
For 40yrs, they have been running across the same animals.
For 40 years, they have been in the same place going nowhere with no change.
The Lord is now saying to them that they have been here long enough.
Many of us are like the children of Israel.
You have circled this mountain long enough.
For years, you have been dealing with the same ole drama.
For years you been trapped in the same rut.
For years, you have been watching the days go by.
You have been stuck on stupid.
You have not changed nor have a desire to change.
You have accepted the status quo of low living and it is ok with you.
Familiarity breeds content.
But the devil is a liar.
God is saying to you today, “/you have been here long enough/.”
Everyone has a here.
You here is different from my here.
Your here may be depression.
Your here may be anger.
The children’s of Israel “here” was Mount Seir.
In the original language Seir means “hairy” which metaphorically speaks as being tangled, difficult, and it makes you nervous.
You have been going around this “difficult” situation long enough.
Don’t get complacent with this current position.
You have been here but God is trying to get to you go there!
“There” is your promise.
“There” is your victory!
“There” is your strength.
Because you have been here long enough!
So don’t get complacent in this position.
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