HAVE YOU DONE ALL THAT GOD EXPECTS YOU TO HAVE DONE AT YOUR PRESENT AGE?
FASTEN YOUR BELT AND GO ALL OUT AND BRING IN THE HARVEST OF SOULS
FROM THE MOMENT I WAS 60 YEARS OLD, I STARTED PREPARING FOR MY RETIREMENT BUT GOD SAID I HAVE NOT FINISHED MY ASSIGNMENT
IF YOU FAIL TO FULFILL YOUR PURPOSE, YOU WILL PAY A VERY HEAVY PRICE
THERE IS A TIME LIMIT FOR YOU TO FULFILL WHATEVER PURPOSE GOD HAS FOR YOUR LIFE
UNTIL YOU FINISH YOUR ASSIGNMENT, IF YOU DIE, YOU WILL GET A QUERY WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVEN
GOD IS NOT INTERESTED IN HOW MUCH YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE BUT IN WHAT IS LEFT UNDONE
MOSES WAS BROUGHT OUT OF THE RIVER SO HE CAN SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE DEALING WITH WATER
YOU ARE NOT WHERE YOU ARE LOCATED RIGHT NOW ACCIDENTALLY; IT’S FOR A PURPOSE
YOU CAN DYE YOUR HAIR BLACK AND THINK YOU ARE A YOUNG MAN, GOD IS COUNTING YOUR DAYS!
GOD IS A GOD OF PURPOSE AND YOU ARE CREATED FOR A PURPOSE
WHEN GOD PICKS A MAN FROM NOTHING AND RAISES HIM HIGH, IT’S FOR A PURPOSE
WHAT IS GOD SAYING ABOUT YOU?
THE TESTIMONY OF GOD CONCERNING YOU IS WHAT MATTERS; NOT WHAT YOU THINK OF YOURSELF OR WHAT PEOPLE SAY
JOSHUA FAILED GOD DESPITE THE MANY SIGNS AND WONDERS HE DID
- Pastor E. A. Adeboye on “FOR WHOM THE HEAVENS OPEN (Part 49)” || RCCG Online Sunday Service || 30th June, 2024 ||
Well, you might want to prophesy to the hearing of your neighbour and say, “God is going to bless me mightily today.”
We want to continue with our series on, “FOR WHOM THE HEAVENS OPEN (Part 49).” Our text for today will be Joshua 13:1. Church Gist. This is one passage in the Bible that I am praying the Almighty God will use to wake everyone of us up because what God was saying here is: “hey, Joshua, I gave you an assignment and now you’re old and you have not completed the assignment.” In plain language God is saying, “Joshua you have failed me.”
- I pray that none of us will fail God!
I’ve always said that if a student were to grade his papers, he will score himself 100 per cent. It is when the teacher does the grading that the teacher will then be able to say, ah ah ah you didn’t even score 50 per cent. Church Gist. It is very essential that you must know that the testimony of God concerning you is what matters; not what you think of yourself, not what people are even saying about you. “Oh, there’s no person like you. Ah, you’re the best of all fathers. There’s no mother like you. No singer like you. No musician like you, no teacher like you.” What is God saying about you? Church Gist. Because to us, Joshua was a great champion if you consider all he had done: took over from Moses, crossed Jordan, was the one who led them when they pulled down the wall of Jericho and then, all kinds of miracles, signs and wonders, destroyed Ai, destroyed all the enemies of all those who became his allies, etcetera and wiped out many of the giants well, with a few exception.
Now, he is old. According to Bible scholars, he was a 110 years old when God spoke to him now. “Joshua, you’re old” – God himself said so which on his own if we are to look at that alone, we will spend some time because many of you the people tell you, “oh you’re looking younger. Ehhhh…” Church Gist. God is counting; he is counting the years. You can dye your hair black so that people will think that you’re a young man, don’t worry, the calendar in heaven is turning. You say God is not interested in your days – Oh, he is.
We need to know:
- Our God is a God of purpose. Revelation 4:11; Jeremiah 1:4-5; Jeremiah 29:11. You are created for a purpose.
- Because God is a God of purpose it means you are promoted for a purpose. If he has promoted you, brought you thus to whatever level you are now, it’s for a purpose. You don’t believe me? Read Romans 9:17 and see what God said concerning Pharaoh. Church Gist. Romans 9:17-33. When he picks up a man from nothing and raises him high, it’s for a purpose. 1 Kings 17:1 – the Bible talked about Elijah the Tishbite of the inhabitants of Gilead. It didn’t even mention his father’s name to tell us how little his beginning was. But you will discover one funny thing about him. Even the very name was for a purpose. The Bible made it clear that when your parents were naming you he was there behind the scene. When you get to 1 Kings 18, when Elijah prayed and fire fell and the whole nation was saying, Jehovah is Lord, all they were saying is, Elijah. Church Gist. Elijah means Jehovah is Lord. So he came into the world even already bearing a name that is going to be chanted on Mount Carmel. He was nothing, God turned him to a prophet for a purpose.
You know the story of Moses when he was pulled out of the water, that lady thought she was just giving him a name for fun, “well, we shall call his name Moses because he was pulled out of the waters.” Church Gist. But you know the rest of the story of Moses, his entire life was practically dominated by water. He turned water to blood, he parted the Red Sea, he turned bitter water to sweet, he brought water out of the rock, you know the story that’s why I am not giving you too many passages. Moses – brought out of the River so he can spend the rest of his life dealing with water. You know, he didn’t even get to the promised land because of a problem with water.
You know very well that wherever God places you, if you don’t know before, you should know it now, it’s for a purpose. You’re not where you are located right now accidentally; it’s for a purpose. Esther 4:1-17. Church Gist. God is a God of purpose. He created you for a purpose, promoted you for a purpose, located you for a purpose. I mean you can go on and on, you can talk of Samuel, when God took him to the house of Eli – you know the story. 1 Samuel 2:27-26. God spoke through the mouth of a child (to Eli). If you won’t hear from a prophet, hear from a boy who has never even heard the voice of God before, who was running to you to say, “Sir, you called me?” Placed for a purpose.
1 Samuel 16:1-23. After God anointed David as king, he arranged for him to go and live in the palace to begin to sing for the King so as to refresh him when he is being tormented by demons. Church Gist. Why? So that David who has been a shepherd boy may learn the ways of the palace. “This is how you will behave o when you become king. This is how they do this, this is the protocol of the …” – located for a purpose.
Well, I’m sure that you already know that anyway, so I wouldn’t waste time on that. The crucial thing about your purpose is that it is tied to a time schedule. There is a time limit for you to fulfill whatever purpose God has for your life. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. You must do what God wants you to do within the time he has scheduled for you to do it. Imagine Jeremiah 8:20. Church Gist. There are many of the people in your family who are gradually passing to eternity and they’re not yet saved. Why? Because you haven’t done what you’re supposed to do. God saved your soul, placed you in that family to see to it that every member of the family at least will hear the gospel and you haven’t done much and some of them are slipping away.
As far as God is concerned, in John 9:4, work while it is day because the night is coming when no man can work. Luke 13:31-33. The problem with you and I is, we don’t even know how many more days we have left. We don’t know. Some people live to be 70 before they die, some never reach 40 and until you finish your assignment if you die, you will get a query when you get to Heaven. Church Gist. What is very important here Beloved children of God is that God is not interested in how much you have already done, he is only interested in what is left undone. Joshua had done a lot but God said, you haven’t completed your assignment and you’re old. 1 Samuel 15:1-29. It wasn’t that King Saul didn’t wipe out the Amalekites, he got into trouble because he spared the King and some animals. It’s not how much you have done, it’s what you have left undone.
Remember Paul said in Philippians 3:1-14, “I have not yet finished o, I am forgetting everything that I have achieved in the past, I am pressing forward o, I’ve not yet finished.” Church Gist. Until we got to 2 Timothy 4:6-8, he said, now, I have finished I can go.
It doesn’t matter whether people believe it or not, God knows the truth. From the moment I was 60 years old, I started preparing for my retirement. By the age of 60, I said, 10 years to go. But the Almighty God said, “no no no, you haven’t finished your assignment, you can’t go. Church Gist. I thought, “oh, he will be merciful, by the time I am 80 he will let me go.” He says, no. As far as God is concerned, when he gives you an assignment, you must fulfill it or else you will get a query.
Not too long ago in our Open Heavens we studied John 15:1-16 and I remember very well, the title was, “You have no choice.” I explained to my children during our morning devotion and said, “hey, you have no choice on your birth. You didn’t choose who is your father, your mother. You didn’t choose where you’re going to be born. You didn’t choose the colour of your skin. Church Gist. You didn’t choose how tall or how short you’re going to be.” God chose all those for you and whether you believe it or not, you have no choice on when you are going to die and that’s also in the hand of the Almighty God. He chose you for a purpose. John 15:16. If you fail to fulfill your purpose, you will pay a very heavy price. John 15:2 and 6.
God wants us to wake up before he will come and remind us, “you’re old, you’re stricken in age, you haven’t finished your assignment.” Ephesians 5:14-17. Every true child of God wake up! You’ve done well, you’ve done a lot, congratulations! But have you done all that God expects you to have done at your present age? Church Gist. Because we don’t know how much time we have left. Let’s fasten our belts; let’s go all out and bring in the harvest because unless we finish all that God expects from us, his testimonial will be, “you’re old, you are well stricken in years but you haven’t done all I asked you to do.”
My prayer is that, when we will stand before the Almighty God on the last day, what he will say to us is, “well done, thou good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of your Lord.”
As for those of you who have not given your life to Jesus Christ and you’re saying, “oh I am still young, I have time, I want to enjoy myself for sometime. Church Gist. Then, I can consider giving my life to Jesus Christ.” Ah! Do you know how many years you have to live? Do you know how many more days you have on Earth? For everyone born on Earth today, our days are numbered.
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