Sunday, August 16, 2020
Jesse A. Quiroz, Lead Pastor
SERIES INTRODUCTION:
We’re continuing our series today taking us on a journey to some of the men and women in the scriptures who perhaps may not be that well known or find themselves inside of many of our Sunday sermons or small group discussions. But, nonetheless these ‘lesser known’ legends of scriptures have overwhelming potential to impact our lives in powerful ways!
Today’s Honorable Mention –> Shamgar.
JUDGES 3:31 NIV
And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed 600 men of the Philistines with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
What we KNOW about Shamgar:
- He lived in
- He was a
- He
What we can LEARN from the life of Shamgar:
1. Small
Zechariah 4:10 KJV
Despise not the day of small beginnings.
Big doors swing on small hinges. —W. Clement Stone
PROVERBS 18:16 BSB
A man’s gift opens doors for him, and brings him before great men.
What we can LEARN from the life of Shamgar:
2. God can use your
In order to see victory in your life, many times all you need is found in what you already have.
EXODUS 4:1-14 NIV
Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?” 2 Then the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?”
“A staff,” he replied. 3 The Lord said, “Throw it on the ground.” Moses threw it on the ground and it became a snake, and he ran from it. 4 Then the Lord said to him, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail.” So Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in his hand. 5 “This,” said the Lord, “is so that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.” 6 Then the Lord said, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So Moses put his hand into his cloak, and when he took it out, the skin was leprous[a]—it had become as white as snow. 7 “Now put it back into your cloak,” he said. So Moses put his hand back into his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his flesh. 8 Then the Lord said, “If they do not believe you or pay attention to the first sign, they may believe the second. 9 But if they do not believe these two signs or listen to you, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. The water you take from the river will become blood on the ground.” 10 Moses said to the Lord, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.” 11 The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord? 12 Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.” 13 But Moses said, “Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else.” 14 Then the Lord’s anger burned against Moses…
What we can LEARN from the life of Shamgar:
3. The importance of self
Many times your determination determines God’s timing in your life.
Some scriptural examples of this are found in Matthew 9 (Woman with the Issue of Blood) and John 2 (Mary, the mother of Jesus).
A successful trait found in many of the legends of scripture is they conquered the temptation to give up.
Closing thought…
Be encouraged to use today’s message as an invitation to find inspiration from the life of Shamgar for your life! We sincerely pray today’s talk becomes your experienced reality!
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