All spiritual experiences will lead to an elevation.
If you feel you missed out, be it a LEGACY CAMP or a GENREV CAMP, come to the ground where you are ” at the foot of the cross”.
Hebrews 4:3
For we who have believed enter that rest, as He has said, “As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter my rest,’” although His works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Enter the rest , it is finished
Your starting point is Jesus’ finishing point!
Matthew 27:50-52
50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.
51 And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split.
52 The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
Veil was torn – no separation of people from God , his presence is not a physical place today
Certain ppl have different experience , like for example, how many of you felt post camp blues? Or post 4th Svc EXTENDED PRAISE AND WORSHIP blues?
You were on a high, going for dinner with your caregroup, sharing over dinner, preaching to one another, then comes MONDAY.
It’s not an emotional thing.
“Pastor, I go for Genrev camp, hear all those testimonies, like some ppl get a car, some got attached, me, I got de- attached!”
How come my experience not in line with what is preached?
That is normal.
Matt 13:5
“Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil.”
Matt 13:20
“As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,”
Jesus is describing a condition that Christians go thru , we responds immediately enthusiasm, but if there is no soil of Grace, when the emotions wear off and the trials begin, we dry up.
But persecution arises, because of the Word because when the devil sees the glory upon our lives and he will try to steal things in our lives.
Nevermind, because God is in the business of restoration, seven times more than was taken!
The devil want you to focus on yourself, on your weakness, on your sins. He wants you to be introspective, but HEY! There is nothing wrong with you!
Hold on to that Word, and at just the right time, you will reap a harvest if you don’t give up.
Keep hearing the Word!
1 Cor 3 :14
14 If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward.
Don’t go by your feelings , cos when emotions wears off, that’s when we should start to persevere.
Believe, and act upon what the Word of God says about your trials, rather than your feelings cos there is a promise from the Bible for you!
Tell yourself , I am next!
When you are in line at the Char Kuay Teow stall, and there is a long queue, don’t just walk away when you see the people infront of you getting their delicious CKT! You tell yourself, I am next! Even if it seems like the person in front of you just ordered twenty packs of CKT, don’t be discouraged, say I AM NEXT!
1 Cor 3:12
12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,
13 each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is.
Fire will test. The trials will test.
Wood, hay, straw speaks of humanity/ human works, that’s why can’t endure.
but
Gold – divine righteousness
Build identity , not on what you have or drive or wear nor your occupation, but that you are child of Christ , and that His Righteousness is a Gift.
It’s not the clothes your wear that makes you pretty, it’s on you, that’s why it’s pretty.
Silver – redemption
Your future is as bright as the redemptive promises of God.
Your security must be tied to His redemption.
If you go by situations or circumstances it will change, but His promises are sure.
“My boss dun like me… “, but you are still the Favored of God!
Cos if it’s God’s favor, you won’t need/depend on other ppls acceptance to base your standing.
If you have messed up, remember, where sin abounds, grace super abounds!
Precious stones – prov 17:8. A gift is as a precious stone in the eye of those who have it, whichever way it turns it prospers the haver.
A gift is unearned, and all of us have gifts.
Build your life on your gifts.
You don’t have to look for prosperity cos it will look for you.
Do I have gifts? What is my gift?
http://www.churchgrowth.org/cgi-cg/gifts.cgi?intro=1
When you take this quiz, it is a tool to help you identify those giftings.
But if you find that the results don’t speak to you, its OK, put it on the shelf.
Usually the way you can tell by what you love/have a passion for and what you are good at naturally.
Prov 18:16
A man’s gift makes room for him And brings him before great men.
Your gifts will enlarge your sphere, creates platforms
It may not be easy but yet there is an ease.
Build your identity on righteousness (gold), your security on redemption(silver) and your abilities on His gifts (precious stones).
With the passion and abilities combined, it will surely bring fruits. It is impossible for there to be no fruit.
Let yourself see those gifts develop in the house of the Lord.
Matthew 27:50-52
50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.
51 And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split.
52 The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
The last time rocks were split, water came out of the rock.
No more will it be a dry and thirsty land.
There is a saying, that the richest place on earth is the graveyard, full of unseen potential, full of unrealised dreams.
but it will be unleashed, as the tombs were opened!
And it all begins with the torn veil, there is no longer any seperation from God.
Romans 8:37 yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
You will not do the conquering, but you will be more than a conqueror!