WAKE UP THE GIANT!

Too many times we allow the situation in our lives to become greater than the God that we serve. We allow the circumstances – the problems – the issues to cause our faith to fall asleep.

Romans 13:11-14 (New Living Translation)

 ¹¹ This is all the more urgent, for you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake up, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. ¹² The night is almost gone; the day of salvation will soon be here. So remove your dark deeds like dirty clothes, and put on the shining armor of right living. ¹³ Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don’t participate in the darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and immoral living, or in quarreling and jealousy. ¹⁴ Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. And don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires.

THERE IS A BIGGER PERSON IN YOU!  A BIGGER MINISTER – A BIGGER FATHER – A BIGGER MOTHER – WAITING TO COME FORTH – WAITING TO RISE – ITS TIME TO WAKE UP!

What you are going through – is not greater than what is on the inside of you!

1 John 4:4-10 (New International Version)

 ⁴You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. ⁵They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. ⁶We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit^[a] of truth and the spirit of falsehood.

IT IS TIME WE WAKE UP AND BEGIN TO USE THE GIFT THAT’S ON THE INSIDE OF US TO FIGHT THE ENEMY – TO TAKE BACK WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY OURS. ITS TIME WE STIR UP – STOP BEIN PASSIVE – BEING WEAK, LIVING DEFEATED – BUT LET THE ENEMY KNOW – I AM A GIANT!

YOU  MAY BE 5 FOOT TALL – YOU MAY THIK YOU ARE NOT ABLE – NOT STRONG ENOUGH – NOT READY YET – BUT THERE IS A SLEEPING GIANT ON THE INSIDE OF YOU – AND WHEN IT WAKES UP – ALL HELL WILL BREAK LOOSE! WHEN IT WAKES UP – THE ENEMY WILL RUN – WHEN IT WAKES UP --- THOSE WHO HAVE KEPT YOU QUIET – THOSE WHO HAVE CAUSED YOU TO STOP DOING WHAT YOU KNOW YOU WERE SUPPOSE TO DO –THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN OUT TO GET YOU – WILL BE PUT ON NOTICE – THAT I MAY HAVE BEEN ASLEEP – I MAY HAVE TAKEN THAT BREAK – I MAY HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED – I MAY HAVE BEEN UPSET – I MAY HAVE BEEN BITTER – I MAY HAVE BEEN MAD AT THE STATE I AM IN--- BUT NOW – I SAID NOW I AM AWAKE – I HAVE BEEN RUSTLED OUT OF MY SLEEP – I HAVE BEEN STIRRED - --- YOU BETTER LOOK OUT --- YOU BETTER BE MADE AWARE – THE GIANT IS AWAKE!! I M GOING TO START ACTING LIKE A GIANT – WALKING LIKE A GIANT – AND DEFEATING LIKE A GIANT!

THE ALARM HAS SOUNDED – THE CLOCK HAS STOPPED TICKING – MY REST -  MY BREAK – MY SLUMBER IS NEARING A CLOSE….. CAN YOU HEAR THAT ....

FEE FII FOO FUM FEE FII FOO FUM!  HERE I COME!

GIANTS ARE TO CONQUER – NOT CO MINGLE! TOO MANY CHRISTIANS ARE SITTING IN PEWS EVERY WEEK WITH A SLEEPING GIANT ON THE INSIDE OF THEM !  THERE HAS BEEN NO ONE TO RECOGNIZE THE GREATNESS ON THE INSIDE OF THEM.

POINT # 2 – MINISTRY CAN RESURRECT YOUR DESTINY!

 GOD DOES NOT SEND MINISTRY WHERE THERE IS NOT DESTINY!

IN OTHER WORDS – YOU MAY HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT – BUT IF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH IT – THERE HAS TO BE A REASON – A DESTINY JUST FOR YOU!  YOU NEVER FIX SOMETHING YOU DON’T WANT TO USE

YOU DON’T REVIVE SOMETHING YOU WISH WOULD JUST GO AWAY.

GREAT DESTINY IS CALLED TO GREAT MINISTRY!

JESUS WAS TEMPTED IN THE WILDERNESS –SURE HE GOT WEARY – SURE HE GOT TIRED – BUT THERE WAS A GREAT DESTINY….

Luke 4:1-40 (New Living Translation)

I KNOW IT GETS ROUGH – I KNOW WE GET DEPRESSED, I KNOW WE GET TIRED – WE LOSE OUR BREATH – THE BATTLE RAGES – THE TIMES ARE TOUGH----BUT I CAME TO TELL YOU TODAY – DON’T YOU DARE HIBERNATE! YOU ARE BETTER THAN THE BATTLE! YOU ARE STRONGER THAN THE CIRCUMSTANCE – YOU ARE A GIANT!

ITS TIME WE START WAKING UP! UNDERSTAND THE BATTLE IS NOT WITH OTHERS – THE BATTLE IS NOT ABOUT THEM – THE BATTLES NOT ABOUT WHO WINS – WHO HAS THE MOST – WHO HAS THE BETTER THIS – BETTER THAT!

Ephesians 6:12-20 (New Living Translation)

 UNDERSTAND THE PETTY THINGS THAT CAUSE US TO FALL ASLEEP MOST OF THE TIME – ARE EXACTLY WHAT THE ENEMY WANTS!  WHEN WE GET ENTAGLED IN EARTHLY FUEDS THAT DON’T DO ANYTHING BUT TAKE OUR MINDS, OUR FOCUS OFF OF THE GOSPEL MESSAGE – HE HAS LITERALLY PUT THE GIANTS IN US TO BED.

YOU SEE WHEN WE REALIZE I AM CALLED TO BE A GIANT IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD – I AM TO READY MYSELF FOR THE SPIRITUAL BATTLE THAT IS RAGING- THEN THE ENEMY GETS NERVOUS – WHEN WE SET OUR AFFECTIONS – OUR MINDS ON THINGS ABOVE – THAT’S WHEN HE KNOWS WE ARE CONCERNED WITH THE MINISTRY OF THE WORK – AND NOT JUST THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY!

YOU CANNOT HIBERNATE NOW – YOU CANNOT DIE NOW! WHATEVER IT TAKES – PICK YOUR SELF UP – GET YOUR LIP BACK FROM BEING POKED WAY OUT THERE – GRAB YOUR ARMOR – GET YOUR SWORD – AND WAKE UP!

WE HAVE TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO STAY AWAKE SO WE CAN WALK INTO OUR DESTINY!

NO MORE EXCUSES! NO MORE WHINING! NO MORE BLAMING! NO MORE HE SAID SHE SAID! NO MORE I JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND! YOU MAY NEVER UNDERSTAND!

BUT KNOW THIS – BELIEVE THIS! GOD HAS A COMEBACK WITH YOUR NAME ON IT! GOD NEVER SET YOU OUT TO BE ORDINARY – HE NEVER SET YOU OUT TO BE A SLEEPY DWARF CHRISTIAN! HE CALLED YOU TO BE A GIANT! HE CALLED YOU TO STOP LOOKING AT WHAT DID NOT HAPPEN – OR WHAT IS STILL LOST – AND TO LOOK AT WHAT WILL HAPPEN – WHAT WILL BE FOUND!

EVERYDAY YOU WAKE UP SHOULD BE A REMINDER HE HAS SOMETHING FOR YOU!

WHATEVER YOU GOT TO DO TO WAKE THAT GIANT – SHAKE YOUR SELF IF NEED BE! WE HAVE TO NOT ALLOW OURSELVES TO FALL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL – 

YOU ARE A GIANT IN CHRIST! YOU ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE! HE HAS SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR YOU!

ITS TIME TO WAKE UP – ARISE...............WHATEVER IT TAKES!