Jackson Senyonga from
Uganda, Africa was at Glad Tidings Church in San Francisco for 4 incredible
days. Six different times I listened to him speak. I also had breakfast, with
him, one morning. A person does not listen to Jackson. The expectation is for active
participation listening.
God needs to interrupt our
schedule. Jackson again and again made it known to us that we were clogging up
God’s Plan. We would not allow our schedules to clear for God’s Schedule.
Jackson said that he does
not tell stories, which brag on God, unless he experienced it or witnessed it.
He prayed, called on the
Holy Spirit and believed God for miracles right now.
Jackson told many stories
and gave us a different, fresh, honest view of Jesus. He talked about how Jesus
and the problem could not exist in the same room. He also spoke about how when
Jesus was in town or the temple everyone expected things to change or just be
disrupted. Part of the reason the Pharisees and the Sadducees hated Jesus is
because Jesus disrupted their schedules and their man-made rules.
Jackson told the story about
the man with the withered hand from Luke 6:6. On another Sabbath, he went into
the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was
shriveled. 7 The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were looking for a
reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal on
the Sabbath. 8 But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said to the man with
the shriveled hand, “Get up and stand in front of everyone.” So he got up and
stood there.
9 Then Jesus said to them,
“I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save
life or to destroy it?”
10 He looked around at them
all, and then said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and his hand
was completely restored. 11 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were
furious and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.
What happened here?
2. Jesus had a specific
purpose that day in the temple. He did not do anything else except heal this
man’s hand.
3. Jesus disrupted the
schedule in the temple
4. Jesus asked the man to do
something, he actually was not supposed to do. Stand in front of everyone in
the temple.
5. Hold out your hand. Again
the man had to do something.
6. The man was obedient
7. The man submitted to
Jesus
The man had to give up
control if he wanted his hand healed. The man with the withered hand knew where
to take his problem. He took it to Jesus.
The message to us is clear.
Let Jesus have our schedule, be obedient to the Holy Spirit and submit to Jesus
in everything we do. The outcome for us; expect miracles to happen in our
lives.
Men in Ministry
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