Levi Lusko - Fresh Life Church
Rethinking Runways
Malachi 3:1
Mark 1:1-8
Looking at John the Baptist
You can't look up at the night sky and think : I'm awesome.
Who am I, yet You love me!
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Shane Kimbrough : astronaut
Sometimes we're supporting behind the scenes...not hands on.
Go-getter, hard-working
Positive role model for society
Not so soft landing...get back up, you are not alone!
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John the Baptist : worked on the runway to make Jesus' path straight.
He was a forerunner.
Forerunner's job :
1. Prepare the people
2. Repair roads
That's our role : we are trying to prepare runway for God!
John the Baptist lived a life as a model.
He was a runway model.
The bigger the runway, the bigger the plane that can land.
2 Chronicles 16:9
Who has that straight runway?
Who's rising up in obedience?
Endeavor was supposed to land in Florida...had to land in California...
How many runways did it pass over?
They weren't capable of receiving it!
Your life will yield in God's hand only to the extent that you're willing to clear the field!
AS YOU CREATE THE RUNWAY :
1. Significance
Live for something bigger in your life.
When you live for Jesus' story and not just for your own glory...you get to be apart of all God's done.
I decrease, Jesus increase!
Equal sacrifice, not equal giving.
I've been blessed to be a blessing.
2. Endurance
The reward for doing all John the Baptist got was difficulty.
When you step out in faith the reward is difficulty.
When you blaze a trail = trial
The enemy sees what you're doing and wants to attack you.
With growth there is more opportunity + opposition
The difficulty causes you to lean into Jesus more + He'll give you the endurance
3. Abundance
Your heart and mind are connected.
Rob God of the chance to protect you, bless you, and to do so abundantly!
It doesn't always look financial blessing.
Keep your heart on the mission!
The great commission!
The mission to go fishin!
Shane's first mission was to build the space station. Not knowing that he would go back and live in it.
At the right place at the right time.
It's not just about you.
It's about them.
It's about Him.
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