Abandon Ship
Pastor Dharius Daniels | CHANGE Church
Luke 5:10-11
Purpose is what you were made to do. It’s what you were born to do. Purpose is what I’m supposed to do. Not only is what He does thru you, but also what He does for you.
He doesn’t have to deplete you to use you. He can make you fruitful and form you at the same time.
God’s purpose for you is God’s present to you.
Purpose puts a demand on your growth like nothing else does. God will use your ministry as mirror to reveal to you what He wants to fix about you.
God will use your calling as a classroom to teach you some things that you wouldn’t learn any other way.
Your assignment exposes where you need to experience an evolution.
Biblical Examples:
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Moses- His purpose exposes his anger
Gideon- His purpose exposed his insecurity
Jonah -His purpose exposed his prejudice
Paul- His purpose exposed his pride
Peter- His purpose exposed his impulsiveness and instability
Purpose isn’t just the contribution I make, it’s also predicated on the person I become.
See purpose as contribution, not confirmation.
Purpose-It’s not just my activity, it’s the example I set.
Lazarus’s life was an example of God’s capability to create comebacks out of what others see as a setback. - A Word!
One reason many people get stuck spiritually is because they don’t take their calling seriously.
One thing I don’t want to get wrong about life is what I’m supposed to do with my life.
Purpose- the reason for the creation of a thing.
You have a calling. Calling- God’s invitation for your participation in the reason for your creation. Calling is the invite to a role.
Role- Strategic set of responsibilities God’s gives you in a certain season.
Your willingness to say yes to roles is what determines your ability to fulfill your purpose.
Book of Luke- Same writer of the book of Acts, very thorough writer
The enemy = The prince of darkness
Darkness= a metaphor for evil AND a metaphor for ignorance
The enemy operates in the arena of the dark.
Sometimes He makes request of you, to show you what’s in you.
The problem wasn’t their boat, or their nets.. it was timing.
Peter was anxious about leaving something bc he thought that God wasn’t going to use what He was asking Peter to leave behind.
There is no such thing as a wasted season with God. -A Word!
Nothing is wasted!
Holy Abandonment- The intentional refusal of opportunities, activities, assets, and obligations that dilute your energy and distract you from your spiritual development and destiny.
The thing that God invites you to leave, but doesn’t remove your access to.-Oop.
Your refusal to deny yourself access to what you have access to is a revelation of your commitment to Him.
The boat represents 3 things; every time God asks you for a deeper commitment, it will cost you-
Comfort- What some people call comfort has become their cage.
Control- When God takes control from you, He’s delivering you from the illusion of control. He’s taking away a false peace about false control- YOU DON’T HAVE CONTROL! A willingness to say that “there’s nothing I have, that if You ask me for God, I won’t give. I’ll use my gifts the way You say.” Having a desire for control isn’t evil, but refusing to surrender means you have made control an idol.
Comparison- You don’t get to do what everyone else gets to do. *shrugs* “To whom much is given, much is required.” Comparison turns your calling into a competition. You’ll start trying to be what you think works, to copy what looks like it’s winning. I’m not following playbooks, God called me to be a blueprint.
The boat gives you fish, Jesus gives you fulfillment.