Synopsis of Sermon 9/3/23

Delivered by Joseph W. Walker, III

Jeremiah 1:4-10 NKJV 
4 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying: 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” 6 Then said I: “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.”7 But the LORD said to me: “Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’For you shall go to all to whom I send you, And whatever I command you, you shall speak. 8 Do not be afraid of their faces, For I am with you to deliver you,” says the LORD. 9 Then the LORD put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me:“Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. 10 See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, To root out and to pull down, To destroy and to throw down, To build and to plant.”

1. INTRODUCTION 
2. None of us was born to exist. From the beginning of time, there has been a divine pull, trying to bring you into God’s purpose for your life. Maybe you have felt this prompting to do something bigger.
3. In the moment that you feel this great pull, you begin to accept that there is something you are being called to do. There is a call and assignment on your life. You tried to run from it, only to find yourself running to it.
4. There is greatness in you, purpose on you, and Destiny in you. No more excuses, it’s time!
5. God reminded Jeremiah; he could not escape his call. The people were not pleased that Jeremiah had received this assignment. Today we examine this call and assignment on Jeremiah’s life. What God has started in our lives, started long before we got here.

1. REVELATION OF A PREDESTINED ASSIGNMENT 
2. To understand what God is up to, you have to understand when it began. God operates outside the realm of time. God started before the beginning started. Before you were placed in your mom’s womb, God was already at work on your life.
3. When God creates, he does so with purpose. He puts all inside of you what is needed for your assignment.

A. God Was at Work Concerning You Before You Got Here 

1. Your genetic composition is not an accident. It was all preordained by God.
2. The begots mentioned in the Bible points to connectivity. We often skip them when we read the bible, thinking it is not important, but it is. All of this connectivity to genealogy eventually gets you to Jesus.
   1. For example it was no accident that your Dad met your Mom. It was all about you. Everything about you is a collision of your genes, destined by God, for an assignment on the earth.
   1. Example 2: Don’t worry if you’re not patient, because this probably means that you’ll never be one who is involved with childcare. Simply put, God wired you for something else.
3. The devil knows you are wired for something powerful. This is why he wants to derail you!

1. You Were Born to Solve a Problem 

1. If you don’t discover the problem you are here to solve, then you become a problem. Harriet Tubman and Martin Luther King were both examples of being here to solve a problem.
2. The answer to Cancer is in someone, but they have to embrace the assignment for the answer to manifest. I lack of a cure for Cancer can be simple because the person with the answer never embraced their assignement.
3. Jerimiah was created to solve a problem. God will always call you to something that wows you. When God calls you to something, it is always bigger than you!

1. REALITY OF PROTESTING YOUR ABILITY 
2. Everyone comes up with excuses. Moses said he was too old. Jonah just ran.
3. David was young when God called him. It is amazing how God will use you, when statistically, you shouldn’t be able to do it.

1. Your Flesh Will Always Protest the Call 

1. The flesh doesn’t want to be under submission. God knows us better than we know ourselves. He already knows our issues, before he calls us.
2. God knew when he called him, that Peter was part hood and part Holy. When God deals with us, it’s based on our potential, not our present tense situation.
3. God is patient with us, even when others give up on us.

• God Desires Your Availability Not Your Ability 
• You can tell God you can’t do this, but you will realize this is something you have to do.
• It’s not about your ability, but instead your availability. God is concerned if you are willing to trust him enough to do what he tells you to do.
• You have to trust God in this new season in your life.

1. REMEMBER YOU HAVE PROVIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE 
2. God doesn’t send you anywhere, without giving you what you need.
3. God tells Jeremiah to go and know that He would be there with him.

1. Walk In the Authority Like God Sent You 
2. Purpose is not a place for timid people. Stop walking into a room and sitting in the back, like you’re not supposed to be there.
3. Stop second guessing yourself. God has you!

• God Will Deliver You from Every Scheme of The Enemy 
• When you begin to walk in purpose, understand that you will have a lot of attacks. Know that you can be doing good things and still experience attacks.
• The enemy will attack when you try to work in you Purpose: (it’s a systematic scheme)
  • This Scheme will include:
    • Distraction – This will cause you to take your eye off the original assignment. Keep your focus on what God has called you to do.
    • Disillusionment – This is to confuse you and to make you think nothing makes sense. It doesn’t make sense that people will fight against something that is designed to bless them.
    • Discouragement – This is when the enemy beats you down. Every time you try to do good, you keep taking blow after blow.
• Jeremiah wanted to walk away. It is because of the Lord’s mercy’s that we are renewed. You have too much to do, to walk away from your assignment in God!

• RESPONSIBLE WITH THE POWER TO ACHIEVE 

1. You Will Always Win with His Word 
2. You’re carrying the Lord in your mouth. This is why you have to be careful with the words in your mouth. Philippians 1:6 NKJV says 6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ; – You win with the Word. God’s word accomplishes what it was sent to do.
   1. I have been down and out and God’s word, gave me a second wind.
3. The word of God is a promise. For every problem, God has a promise. No weapon, formed against you shall prosper.

• This is Your Season of Influence to Get Things Done 
• God gives me revelation in his words.
• Jeremiah was told not to be anxious when he went into different spaces to spread the word. God said he would set him about nations and kingdoms.
• God set him up to build and plan. What’s greater than money? Its influence. Influence will get you in rooms that your resume can’t get you into.
• The enemy wants your influence. If God gives you influence, he doesn’t raise you up to brag. It was never about you. It was for you to get stuff done on the earth.
• Can God trust you to take him where he raises you up to? God didn’t’ raise you up for you. It was so that you would fulfill his purpose on the earth.
• You were called to make a change. You were raised up so you would be a change agent. When He raised you up, you were supposed to root out the stuff that was not supposed to be here.
  • This is why you got the devil nervous. When you root up, you pulled down. You pull down strongholds. This is changing people’s minds and their mindsets.
• You cast down the things that are not like God. When you think of nations, you have to think of natural influences. Nations means you have influence in this world. He’s not giving you power in this word, but instead power over kings. You will have power in the spiritual realm too.
• You got to get this done:
  • 4 declarations:
• I am not afraid to face it. – No matter what God has called me to do, I won’t be afraid to face it.
• It might be difficult , but God will deliver – It’s tough because its big, but God will help you get through it!
• God shaped your history according to his purpose. – All this time, we thought it was all about us, but we were wrong. God had a purpose in mind for you.
• My story will end with grace and growth. – Nothing will hinder me if I do what God called me to do.
• Story: When Deon Sanders went to Colorado, they were 1 – 11. He gutted the team, because he wanted to do a new thing. As a end result, they upset TCU, because they were focused on their assignment and not their obstacle.

God has a purpose for you and he will help you get it done. Turn to your neighbor and tell them, “We are coming!”