THE QUICKSAND OF NEGATIVISM?
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
TEXT:
Mark 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
2 Peter 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the
unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
QUICKSAND? NEGATIVISM AND SIN SOON BECOME QUICKSAND!
HELP! I HAVE FALLEN AND I CAN NOT GET UP!!!
JUST LET ME STAY IN THIS MESS? WE HAVE A ROCK!
Psalm 40:2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet
upon a rock, and established my goings.
Have you ever watched an old western where the cowboy falls into quicksand?
The is NOTHING TO STAND ON --- THERE IS NOTHING ON WHICH TO GET A SURE
FOOTING.
THE HARD YOU FIGHT? THE MORE YOU TRY TO GET OUT ---
THE DEEPER AND FASTER YOU SINK ---
THE VERY NATURE OF QUICKSAND IS CLEAR --- THE MORE YOU FIGHT SEEMS THE
DEEPER YOU SINK?
HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO WALK IN SLICK MUDDY CLAY?
HAS A HABIT? WEIGHT? ALCOHOL? ANGER? FAMILY PROBLEMS SEEMED TO
TRAP YOU HOPELESSLY TO SINK LOWER AND LOWER UNTIL---"THE END?"
HAVE WE EVER ADMITTED HOW NEGATIVITY BECOMES A SLIPPERY SLOPED.
WET, MIRY CLAY CAN BECOME CAUSE US TO LOSE OUR FOOTING?
JACOB OR ISRAEL HAD LEARNED ABOUT THE MIRY CLAY OF LIFE...
MY 12 SONS, I AM DYING AND I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
LISTEN TO ME: THE PAST MUST NEVER DEFINE THE FUTURE.
THERE IS A LESSON OF DELIVERANCE FROM THE MESS IN THE SON NAMED GAD...
Genesis 49:1 (MSG) Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather around. I want to tell you what
you can expect in the days to come."
THE DAD CALLED HIS SONS AROUND HIS DEATH BED AND DISCUSSED EACH ONE...
DAD CALLS GAD AROUND TO SPEAK THESE WORDS OVER HIM...
Gad was the seventh son --- by Leah's handmaid.
GAD WAS A PROPHETIC NAME MEANING: GOODNESS, FORTUNE IS COMING...
God's blessing are on the way ---
WE MAY NOT SEE THE BLESSING YET, BUT THEY ARE COMING.
Genesis 49:19 (KJV) Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
THE TRIBE OF GAD WERE MIGHTY MEN IN BATTLE.
ONE OF THE GREATEST PREACHERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH WAS
ELIJAH WAS FROM THE TRIBE OF GAD!
DID YOU KNOW MOSES AND ELIJAH MET JESUS IN ON THE MOUNT OF
TRANSFIGURATION?
JACOB / ISRAEL PROCLAIMED GAD YOU ARE GOING TO BE AN
OVERCOMER...
GAD HAD A BLESSED PROMISE...
Have you ever seen a BOXING PUNCHING BAG?
No matter how often or how hard you hit the PUNCHING BAG it will pop back up.
The hard you hit the PUNCHING BAG the harder it will bounce back. Slam the
punching bag to the ground and it will bounce back up. Kick the punching bag and
wow, the bag returns to an up right position.
THE HIT KNOCKS YOU DOWN, HIS POWER BRINGS YOU BACK UP.
THE LAST DAYS WILL BE FILLED WITH THE QUICKSAND OF NEGATIVISM...
DANIEL THE PRAYER WARRIOR SAW THE LAST DAYS AS A MINGLE OF IRON
AND CLAY... LACK OF UNITY AND TOGETHERNESS...
IRON: COLD, HARD, AND DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH --- RUST.
MIRY CLAY: Unsure, slippery, fallen, weak,
Daniel 2:41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of
iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron,
forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
Daniel 2:43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle
themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron
is not mixed with clay.
JOSEPH HAS LEARNED THE TERRIBLE PIT OF THE NEGATIVE QUICKSAND---
WHILE JOSEPH LEARNED THIS LESSON OF HURT AND REJECTION---
JOSEPH KNEW HE HAD TO TEACH HIS SONS AND TEACH US A LESSON ABOIUT THE
DANGER OF NEGATIVE QUICKSAND.
LIFE HAD TAUGHT JOSEPH TWO MAIN LESSONS THAT UNFORGIVENESS AND PAIN
WOULD SOON BURY A PERSON IN NEGATIVE TRAPS.
The two lessons were clear:
1. FORGET THE PAIN
2. BE FRUITFUL & BE BLESSED!
Genesis 41:51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he,
hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful
in the land of my affliction.
COME BEHIND THE VEIL!
THERE IS A PLACE NEAR THE HEART OF GOD... COME TO THE ALTAR ---
WHAT IS HOLDING YOU DOWN? DOES IT SEEM WE ARE TRAPPED IN THIS MESS?
EVER SEEN A PICTURE PAINTED AND YOU KNOW IT IS NOT THE TRUTH?
LET US STUDY --- WHO IS AGAINST US? HOW CAN WE MAKE IT?
Hebrews 6:19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and
which entereth into that within the veil;
My friend, if it seems the world is against you --- THERE IS A HIGHER POWER---
GOD CAN OVER-RIDE THE SCARS, THE HISTORY AND THE NEGATIVE CIRCUMSTANCES...
WANT TO DISCUSS A MESS? QUIT IT? QUIT FOCUSING ON THE MESS...
GOD KNOWS HOW TO DELIVER FROM THIS MESS ---
NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER GIVE IN!
THESE SCARS ARE AN OPPORTUNITY.
THE HISTORY OF THIS MESS CAN BE CHANGED!
2 Peter 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the
unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
COULD WE BE LOOKING AT THIS ALL WRONG?
THIS QUICKSAND IS NO PROBLEM ---
AM I CORRECTABLE? DO I LOVE THE LIGHT? GOD CAN HANDLE THIS MESS---
WE MUST SEE OUR PROBLEMS IN THE LIGHT OF ETERNITIY...
2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far
more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 18 While we look not at the things which are seen,
but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things
which are not seen are eternal.
ONE NIGHT IN WORSHIP WITH GOD --- WE CAN MAKE QUICKSAND BE AS NOTHING!
FIND THE ROCK OF AGES!
WE ARE NOT TRAPPED BY THE SCARS OF THE PAST?
THERE IS AN ANTEDOTE --- THERE IS A CURE ---
GOD CAN REVERSE THE CURSE TRAP OF THE PAST --- GOD CAN
Genesis 32:23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and
the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go,
for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said
unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no
more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast
prevailed.
Remember Jacob had been on a long journey that seemed so twisted...
Jacob had a GOD ENCOUNTER and was changed from what he once had been to a
new man --- a new name: ISRAEL --- Prince with God and man---
BLESSED ASSURANCE... CHANGE?? TRUST GOD?
FIND GOD COMFORT --- MY FRIEND... PERHAPS THIS PROBLEM IS AN OPPORTUNITY...
NO MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES! NO MATTER HOW I FEEL!
NO MATTER WHAT I SEE! GOD IS ON HIS THRONE!
I KNOW! WE NEED A PERSONAL GOD ENCOUNTER --- ONLY GOD!
WE NEED A CHANGE THAT ONLY GOD CAN BRING...
2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth,
to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou
hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
Job 19:25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day
upon the earth:
Mark 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com.
