REMEMBER THE ORDER
SUNRISE SERVICE
SPEAKER: Pastor Bidemi Akande
TOPIC: Remember The Order
TEXT: Luke 24:13-35
This is the Christmas season. We don't celebrate Xmas. How can you cancel Christ out of the celebration? Show the life and nature of Christ. Share love, and share gifts this season. Christ is the essence of the celebration. This Christmas, touch somebody.
In the scripture we just read, Jesus was risen and two of His disciples were discussing the events of the past few days with Jesus in their company. Unfortunately, these people couldn't recognize His voice and did not know Him for 2 hours on their way to Jerusalem from Emmaus.
Interestingly, when Jesus entered the room and sat to eat with them, He took the bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to them, and then their eyes became open. What made their eyes open, it was that order. When God takes a person, blesses him, breaks him, and gives him as a sign or present to his generation. This is God's pattern: taking, blessing, breaking, and giving.
Our case study are:
1. Abraham
2. Joseph
3. David
4. Jesus
And in the genealogy of Jesus He is referred to as the son of David, and the son of Abraham.
Abraham, God called him and took him through a lot of trials and finally made him the father of all.
Joseph, God took him from his father's house, blessed him with a dream, broke him through the things he went through and gave him as a saviour to his generation.
David, God took him from his father's house even though he was not valued by his family, God bless him by making him a king, broke him through the things he endured from Saul and finally he became Israel's greatest king. Over the generations, Israeli rulers still trace their lineage to David.
Jesus, our Lord, God took Him, blessed Him, broke Him on the cross and then gave Him to mankind as the Saviour.
To you going through a period, this could be your breaking point. Remember the order.
When you're going through any of the phases, whatever phase you are, three things you need to do. In Isaiah 51:2 say look unto Abraham your father.
* Look forward. Enlarge your capacity
* Job 23:10. Speak forward.
* Exodus 14:15-16. Move forward.
That's what God wants to do in your life. He takes you, and blesses you but then He will break you because it is in the breaking that others can have a share of the blessings on your life. Then God gives you as a solution to the challenges of people.
Remember The Order. God:
Takes you from where you've been
Blesses you by enlarging your capacity
Breaks you so more can come out of you, and
Gives you as a testimony to your world.