Today and Tomorrow
we"ll look at : WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
GOD OPENS MY EYES?
1. I SEE THE SOLUTION TO MY PROBLEM
Look in Genesis for the story of how Sarah got
jealous of Hagar and threw her & her son out of the house.
Genesis
21:14-18“Early the next morning
Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them
on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and
wandered in the desert
of Beersheba. When the water in the skin was gone, she put the
boy under one of the bushes. Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a
bowshot away, for she thought, "I cannot watch the boy die." And as
she sat there nearby, she began to sob.
God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from
heaven and said to her, "What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God
has heard the boy crying as he lies there. Lift the boy up and take him by the
hand, for I will make him into a great nation."
The look what happens in Genesis 21:19“Then
God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled
the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.” The solution was right in front of her but she
couldn’t see it!
2. I SEE THE BARRIER TO MY PROGRESS
LET’S
LOOK AT THE STORY A prophet
of God named Balaam who agreed to help some bad guys.
Numbers
22:22-27 But God was
furious that Balaam was going, so he
sent the angel of the Lord to stand in the road to block his way… Balaam's
donkey suddenly saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with a drawn
sword in his hand and the donkey bolted
off the road into a field, but Balaam beat it and turned it back onto the road.
Then the angel of the Lord stood at a place where the road narrowed between two
vineyard walls. When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing there, it tried to squeeze by and crushed Balaam's foot against
the wall. So Balaam beat the donkey again.
Then the angel of the Lord moved farther down the road and stood in a place so narrow that the donkey could not get
by at all. This time when the donkey saw the angel, it lay down under Balaam. In a fit of rage Balaam beat it
again with his staff.
NUMBERS 22:31 “Then the Lord opened Balaam's eyes, and he saw the
angel of the Lord standing in the road with his sword drawn. So he bowed low
and fell facedown.”
When plans aren’t working out, you can get angry at
others..OR let God show you what’s holding
you back!
Be wise
today and always – Open your eyes and see the truth.
