TIMES OF DIVINE TRAINING AS AN INDISPENSABLE INCOVENIENCE
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- Bishop Tshalo Katshunga
- Sermons
PSALM 144:1 (NLT)
“Times of divine training should be viewed as an indispensable inconvenience.
These times enable us to both handle the weight of glory and discharge our God-given responsibility with distinction.”
Four Bible characters
1. Joseph
God place him in places of affliction to prepare him for a position of privilege.
Psalm 105:17-25, Genesis 41:1,9-14; Genesis 45:4-8; Genesis 50:20
2. Moses
God led him in the middle of nowhere to teach him that a nobody with God will achieve more than a somebody without God.
Exodus 4:18-23; Deuteronomy 34:5-7; 2 Corinthians 3:13; Hebrews 11:24-26
3. David
God exposed him to real danger to build him the necessary courage and zeal to protect those under him.
1 Samuel 17:32-40; 2 Samuel 7:8; 2 Samuel 4,5
4. Jesus Chris
God taught him obedience through the things he suffered to make him a source of eternal salvation for all humanity.
Matthew 2:19-23; John 1:46; Luke 4:1,2,14-33; Hebrews 5:7-10
Three Timeless Lessons
- It takes adequate preparation to handle purpose properly.
- It takes adequate preparation to handle power properly.
- It takes adequate preparation to handle people properly.
