Just some observations about the trip we are on
Road Weariness - The older I get the less inclined I am to take a road trip - I want to be comfortable more than I want to see the sights and experience new things
· 2 Thessalonians 3:13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. KJV
o There is a difference between being tired OF doing something and tired FROM doing something
o Who am I doing this for?
§ Me?
§ The Church?
§ Obligation or Habit?
§ God Himself!
· Even those who walk in victory can tire from the battle!
o Matthew 8:25
o Mark 4:38
o Luke 8:23
o John 4:6
o Mark 1:35
o Mark 6:31
§ These Scriptures are all about Jesus resting, sleeping or praying
Highway Robbery – Count the cost
· Luke 14:28-33
28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost , whether he have sufficient to finish it?
29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. KJV
Take Breaks – We aren’t renting a room or camping here, just stopping to refresh a bit
· Times of refreshing
- Looking unto Jesus as the Author and Finisher of our faith
Road Rage – You are trying not to kill anyone, and they are don’t realize what is at stake
· Matthew 24:9-12
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. KJV
Just Follow The Map – you won’t get there if you just stop
· Next verse from above - Matthew 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. KJV
· God has a plan and know what is around the next bend
· Story of Ruth – God has a plan!
Border Crossing – know that we are in a new season to us, but not a new season to God
· Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. KJV
· Judges 2:8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. 9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. 10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. 11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: KJ
· You will never go where He has not already been – but it needs to be known when you cross borders
· Time zones – adjust your clock
· Weather zones – I dress differently on days I go to battle
· Cultural Zones – I am in a foreign place
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