Focus 2
Part of Mission Focus—In A Distracted World
September 19, 2021

SERIES: Mission Focus In A Divided World
MESSAGE: 2. The Path of the Rebel

THE TEXT

They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!”
Then the LORD sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the LORD and against you. Pray that the LORD will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
The LORD said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived. —Numbers 21:4-9

ONE. Impatience
Reveal Answer
our spirit

TWO. The
Reveal Answer
to Rebellion

PHASE 1: gratitude

Reveal Answer
against complaining

Gratitude > Preference > Entitlement > Complaint

PHASE 2: assumptions are

Reveal Answer
of the truth

PHASE 3: conflation

Reveal Answer
rebellion

Gratitude > complaint > conflation > rebellion

Gratitude is what

Reveal Answer
us from a spirit of rebellion

THREE.
Reveal Answer
in the Lord

SUMMARY

  1. Impatience corrupts
  2. Gratitude guards our spirit
  3. Trust in the Lord

CHALLENGE

  1. Make a grateful list
  2. Am I complaining about anything?
  3. Practice patience