The Wonders of Divine Contact (part 4)….. RCCG Special Sunday
Matthew 11:28-30
Suppose you want to have a permanent relationship with God and He doesn’t want to have with you, what do you do?
According to our text, He has thrown an invitation but He added take my yoke upon you.
A Wonderful invitation. He wants to give you an opportunity to exchange certain things like hard labour for joyful working.
God expects you to work to eat
2 Thessalonians 3:10
Genesis 2:15-18.
God gave Adam a job before He said this fellow should have a wife. You have no work, don’t look for a wife.
It is better to be single than to be married to the wrong fellow.
* God expects you to work but when working becomes labouring then it is a curse
Genesis 3:17-19
Exodus 1:13-14
Labouring means you work like an elephant and eat like an ant.
God says stop labouring, come unto me, you will work and prosper without having to sweat. He will change you from labouring to working.
* He say He will take care of your burden. A burden is a heavy load that is so difficult to carry and yet you can’t put it down. It is attached to you in such a manner that you can’t dodge it. Another word for burden is affliction. Affliction is something that doesn’t make success easy for you.
Exodus 1:8-11
A yoke is an instrument that joins two animals together so they can work in partnership.
God is saying let us put an end to your hardship, let me take away your burden and then you have to take my yoke.
Genesis 26:12-14
He is asking you to transfer your burden to Him.
Isaiah 53:4-5
1 Peter 5:7
He says if you want this situation l am offering you, come and become my permanent partner.
2 Corinthians 6:1
He is inviting you therefore to be His partner and if you do, you will begin to enjoy uncommon success on a permanent basis.
Philippians 4:13
You will begin to enjoy uncommon victory
2 Samuel 6:1-12 (the story of Obed-Edom)
John 15:5
Isaiah 41: 10-13 He will hold your hands and help you. Divine partnership will guarantee divine help.
When we are talking about divine help on a permanent basis, it is not just helping, it goes on to Him carrying you.
Exodus 19:4
I preached a sermon long time ago on flying…. The Advantages of Flying if you are walking, you make progress, if you are running you make faster progress as well as driving but when you are flying, you go straight to your destination. As beautiful as flying is good, ask the birds they will tell you that after flying for a while, they look for a tree to rest. When you are in a plane, you seat, eat, you are being carried and you arrive without sweating. God is saying if you become my partner, l will be carrying you on eagles wings.
Matthew 14:22-33
May l pray for someone here today, someone willing to take his yoke, from now on, the Almighty God will carry you on eagles wings no matter how far the journey is, you won’t have to sweat.
When He says take my yoke, there are implications;
1. He is saying the moment you enter this partnership with me, it has to be forever, no looking back allowed.
Luke 9:61-62
Hebrews 10:38
2 Peter 2:20-22
2. From the moment you choose to accept this invitation, your opinion will no longer matter.
Luke 5:1-11.
Whatever He asks you to do is what you will do. As a matter of fact, miracles don’t make sense.
I was invited to University of Maiduguri several years ago to preach. l preached the message and only six people gave their lives to Christ. I was very sad, l asked God why and He said tomorrow, buy ‘babban riga’, wear it to preach. I wore my ‘riga’ and as l was climbing the altar, the students began to rejoice and their shouting attracted the other students. The students didn’t come in, they stood outside by the windows. I preached and made an altar call in ‘babban riga’ and ninety-six people gave their lives to Christ and God said the people who needed salvation didn’t come in, those in are already saved that’s why you got only six yesterday. I wore ‘babban riga’ because His Word is my command.
Your opinion will not matter anymore because your Senior Partner knows better.
1 Corinthians 1:24-31
Isaiah 55:8-9
2 Kings 5:1-14
When He says take my yoke upon you, He added my yoke is easy, my burden is light
John 10:10
Exodus 1:14
Remember He is asking you to come to rest.
All these years you have been struggling, how far have you gone? He is offering you peace of mind, soul, spirit because He is the Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6
John 14:27
Your tomorrow is none of your business, it is in the Hands of the Alpha and Omega. He says come unto me and you will know the meaning of rest.
Will you accept His invitation? Then you will understand the Wonders of permanent contact with the Almighty God.
I pray that you will be willing to put on His yoke today and then you will enjoy rest.
I know some of you have not given your life to Christ because you feel that there will be rules and regulations, someone says if you think success is expensive, try failure. If you think living Holy is expensive, consider the wages of sin. If you think living pure is costly, see what will be the outcome of living loosed.
I am inviting those of you who have not given their lives to Jesus Christ, please do so now. I am also appealing to those of us who are children of God, let your surrender to God be complete and total. Accept His invitation, come to Him let Him give you rest.
If you want to surrender to Him, please bow your heads now, l will pray with you and He will save your soul.
God bless you…
