8/8/2019 Im a Thinker

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Im a Thinker

Start with Footprints poem. Discuss battle over things I think and Gods reality.

I Thought Type ONE.

2 Kings 5:1-3, 9-11, end of verse 12 - Naamans I thought: v11. Naaman thought things would go a certain way. Tell

full labor and delivery story. I thought Jesus would keep my wife from pain (curse of painful child birth nullified by

Galatians 3:13).

-Initial response, God, where were you? - He lists every way He carried my wife and me.

Naamans I thought resulted in anger.

-Later calmer response, God, what happened? - He explains Satan said, If he doesnt get his way hell tell people You

cant be trusted in certain things. So I decided to prove him wrong. God said.

-Late night, God, I feel like a defeated man - He calls me a conqueror, explains feelings dont affect fact.

Naamans I thought didnt change the fact of divine healing.

-Maybe youve laid hands on people and they didnt get healed. Maybe you thought itd go your way but didnt. That

doesnt change Matthew 8 - Jesus willingness and ability to heal.

Review: Naamans I thought expected God to move one way and since it didnt go as planned he got angry.

I Thought Type TWO.Luke 24:13-21 - Disciples I thought: v21. Disciples thought Hed be a flesh king and savior against the Jewish

enemies.

Disciples I thought resulted in sadness.

Sometimes we fail to see the forest for the trees. So caught up in our I thoughts that we forget Gods thoughts are

higher than our thoughts.

Notice they were so stuck on His crucifixion that they failed to recognize Jesus standing right in front of them...sometimesan I thought can lead to the same question that was asked in Footprints, Why would you leave me when I needed you

most?

Classic case of Jell-O faith - touch it and it shakes.

So how does it happen?

Example: Psalm 91:11-12 - you start to meditate on a verse or section and claim it as your own and maybe you get to the

point where you say, Nothing bad could ever happen to me because God commands His angels to protect me. In fact, I

wont even stub my toe!

But what do you do with Acts 9:16, 14:22, 2 Timothy 3:12?

See we all make I thoughts and I believe theyre good and show our faith in God, but what if it doesnt happen the way

you thought?

How do we avoid the consequences of I thoughts?

Isaiah 26:3 - we must get to a place of peace within our thoughts. How get there? --

Proverbs 3:5-6 - trust God by not leaning on your own I thought. Acknowledge God in ALL ways - that means good

times and bad. That means when everything you thought has been trampled upon you still acknowledge God and stand up

to say, God can be fully trusted in everything, anything, even the most outrageous thing.

Have I thoughts like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

Reality:

James 1:2-4 - everyone wants to be an overcomer, but we dont actually want to overcome anything.