Deuteronomy 34:7
INTRODUCTION: We all face
times of disappointment and struggle and if you have been following along in
Deuteronomy then you know the struggles and disappointments that Moses has gone
through. He has seen great victory and
has been brought down by rebellion. He
has made some mistakes and will pay the price for them. In this chapter we find Moses on Mt. Nebo,
looking into the promised land he will never set foot in. Moses is an old man, 120 years old. He was 80 when they left Egypt. Yet here we read that his eyes were not weak
nor his strength gone.
1.
WE ALL FACE
DIFFACULT TIMES
A.
THE JOB DID NOT
WORK OUT LIKE WE PLANNED
B.
OUR BUISNESS IS
NOT PASSED ON TO THE NEXT GENIRATION
C.
OUR RETIREMENT
QUIT
D.
WE PLANNED A
STUDY, OR EVENT AND NO ONE CAME
2.
HIS EYES WERE NOT
WEAK
A.
MOSES STILL HAD
VISSION
a.
34:1 THE LORD
SHOWED HIM THE LAND
b.
HE COULD SEE THE
PEOPLE CROSSING OVER
c.
THROUGH HIS
PERSONAL DISAPOINTMENT
d.
HIS VISSION WAS
LONG
e.
JIM’S CHURCH
3.
HIS STRENGTH HAD
NOT LEFT HIM
A.
FACING DIFFACULT
TIMES WE CAN GROW WEARY
B.
AT 120 YEARS OLD
HE WAS STILL STRONG
a.
STRONG IN HIS
HEART
b.
STRONG IN HIS
SPIRIT
c.
STRONG IN HIS
FAITH
C.
JIM KEPT ON PREACHING
4.
VISSION AND
STRENGTH
E.
JIM KENNIDY AND
CORAL RIDGE
F.
LOOK BEYOND YOUR
SELF
G.
LOOK NOT ONLY AT
WHAT GOD HAS DONE BUT WHAT HE WILL DO
H.
FINISH STRONG
a.
NOT IN YOUR OWN
STRENGTH BUT IN FAITH
b.
IN SPIRIT
c.
IN TRUST IN WHAT
GOD WILL DO.
d.
ISIAH 40:28-31
CONCLUSION: THROUGH FAITH AND
TRUST WE CAN HAVE A VISSION OF THE FUTURE THAT GOES BEYOND US. WE CAN FINNISH STRONG.
