Lack [Unexpected Gifts pt. 5]

Gravetop Church

Main Idea: So much of what we do in our world today is driven by our desire for more. It seems as though we never have enough as we continue to reach for the next level in our life. With that inner drive innate with so much of our humanity, many of us feel like we’re in a constant state of lack. Some more than others. While to lack often feels like a handicap to our lives and dreams, it is also able to be one of the best teachers about perspective.

Today, we’re going to analyze how experiencing lack can help you to recognize what you do have and clarify what it is that you really want. We’re going to talk about how lacking something can actually create opportunities you wouldn’t have known about if you had everything that you needed. And we’re going to unpack the creativity and spiritual power that you’re able to tap into when you start rearranging what you have because of lack.

The reason that this topic is so important is because so many of us give up when we experience the obstacles of lacking something unnecessarily. We would be able to experience so much more breakthrough and innovative success if we were to not allow the lack of certain things to be the excuse of why we gave up.

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1. Open Your Eyes [NOT HAVING WHAT YOU NEED HELPS YOU TO REALIZE WHAT YOU WANT]

Sometimes it’s in the moments that we feel like we lost everything that we find clarity to what we really want in life. It’s when all of the pleasures and distractions are gone that we actually are able to best find meaning and a renewed centeredness. While moments like these can impart a renewed sense of purpose and determination, you still have to be the one to open your eyes to what it is you really want.

(1 Samuel 22:1-2)

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2. Look Around You [INNOVATION IS MAKING IT WORK REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU LACK]

So many of us give up before we start because we think that we don’t have the resources or means to start. We often imagine that there is only one way to go about achieving certain things, and when we initially think that we can’t do it that one way, we disqualify ourselves from trying. But the most successful people in the world are those that didn’t let the lack of anything stop them from achieving something.

(1 Samuel 21:10-15)

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3. Don’t Give Up Yet [NEVER ASSUME A RESULT WITHOUT ADDING THE POWER OF GOD TO IT FIRST]

It can be incredibly discouraging during times of lack, especially when you feel like you can’t get out of that state. It’s in those kinds of moments that our faith and character seems to be tested the most. It’s easy to almost believe that you’re cursed or are destined to fail when it feels like what you keep trying to do isn’t working. But when we relentlessly get back up and turn back to God again, as it refines the core of who we are, it also positions us to see extraordinary breakthroughs.

(1 Samuel 30:1-6)

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