Thrown From Your High Horse

Good evening and Happy Friday everyone. I want to share a story with you. The company I do security for has plants across the nation. One of the plants has a contractor who for years bullied the plant and the company by doing what he wanted to on some of the projects that needed to be done to keep the plant operable. The contractor would sometimes would not do the work in the time it was needed to be done. The contractor would sometimes go over budget. And the contractor would disagree on what he should be expected to do. So the plant had a disaster ( a fire ) and the work needed to fix the plant is in the millions of dollars.  But the contractor was not allowed to do any work in the rebuilding because of his previous actions towards the company. The contractor was Thrown From His High Horse.

Many times we as people of God get in the same mode as the contractor. We see that work needs to be done but we refuse to do it in a timely fashion. We do some things that are over the top. And we all tend to

disagree on the ways we affect and advance the Kingdom of God. We have gotten high and mighty and God has a way of bringing people down to the level that fits them. The next three paragraphs will give examples of  those in the Word of God who were Thrown From A High Horse.

In the first example of being Thrown From a High Horse I go to Jeremiah 28:10-17. In this passage you have Hananiah telling the people things that God did not give him the authority to say. Many of us tend to be

so knowledgable about the Word of God that we look at things like Sunday School as not being necessary to further advance the Kingdom of God. That kind of thinking gets us Thrown From Our High Horse.

In looking at the next example of Thrown From A high Horse I go to Micah 2:1-5. In these verses the people are taken advantage by those who want to go over the budget. These things are still going on today

as we look at outsiders, those who are not saved, as not being privy to things that we have and refuse to show them how to get to know God. Going to extra mile just to help yourself is going to get you Thrown From Your High Horse.

In looking at the last example of Thrown From Your High Horse I go Matthew 23:1-11. In this passage Jesus speaks of those who continue to want to appear that their laws and actions are of God and it is not so.

Many times there are so many rules and regulations that are practiced in the name of religion that inhibit all of us from even worshipping together. And these disagreements will not only stop the Kingdom of God from advancing but also have God look for the ones who are responsible for these actions and have them Thrown From Their High Horse.

In conclusion God seeks those who are humble and will honor his Word. As the contractor lost out on a chance to maybe invest some of the millions in his company we as people of God have allowed pride and time to get in the way. Sunday School is a part of worship and should be attended regularly. We should be showing others how to obtain favor with God instead of trying to keep it a secret. And there are so many different factions within the body of Christ there is no cohesion to step out of the norm and into ways to advance the Kingdom of God. That what this is really about. Advancing the Kingdom. Not getting Thrown From Your High Horse. I give God all the glory and honor for this teaching and pray you all had a great 1st half of the year.

Frederick Wesley is the Technology Teacher for Rhema Word 2.0 which is the Sunday School program under the Mountain of Education for Valley Kingdom Ministries International.