Good morning and Fabulous Friday all. I remember when I was a teen and there were gangs all over Chicago. I wanted to be cool and be part of the gang life but I never formally joined but affiliated myself with a people who were in gangs. So one day as I was hanging around a known gang member, I happen to be in holding my hands in a position that showed I was part of his gang. Little did I know that a high school football game was letting out and there were at least 100 hundred members of the opposite gang who saw me and felt disrespected by how was representing their enemy. I was not even a gang but the rival gang did not know and sought to get me. I was Coming Into Dire Straits.
As I begin this teaching I want to define the words, dire and strait. I will go to my source of definitions and that is dictionary.com. The word dire means as follows; causing great fear, indicating
trouble; and urgent. The word straits means a position of difficulty, distress or need. So my false flagging (meaning I was representing something I was not) had they other members coming together as one to beat me bad. Each step they made towards me I was Coming Into Dire Straits.
As we come into the Word of God for this teaching of Coming Into Dire Straits I begin in 2nd Chronicles 20:1-2. In these verses King Jehoshaphat of Judah had received intelligence that his
enemies had teamed together to make war with him. They were causing a great fear to the people as it knew it would have difficulty defeating these vast numbers. As the gang members came really close I ran inside the business as they were descending upon me. I was Coming Into Dire Straits.
As we continue with this teaching of Coming Into Dire Straits I go back to the Word of God and 2nd Chronicles 2:3-4. In these verses it tells of how King Jehoshaphat was afraid at first but then declared
a fast and gathered the people of Judah all together. The gang members surrounded the door of the business and even though the door was locked there was no back door and the indicating trouble was distressing me. I was Coming Into Dire Straits.
As we come into the end of the Biblical portion of this teaching of Coming Into Dire Straits I go to 2nd Chronicles 20:5-7. In these verses King Jehoshaphat goes into prayer and comes to God about
how he recognizes that God is all powerful and has driven off enemies in the past. I prayed to God as I was in a urgent need of his power and needed him to drive away the gang members outside the door. I was Coming Into Dire Straits.
As we conclude this teaching of Coming Into Dire Straits God heard my prayers was able to give the words to the man who was with me, a member of the rival gang, to convince the gang members to disperse. I could have been severely beaten or even dead as I placed myself in Dire Straits. Today there are many young men and women who are placing themselves in Dire Straits as they are trying to be something that they are not meant to be, drug addicted, young parents, gang members, committing crimes and all other things that are not of God. We as the people of God need to get them out of these Dire Straits (Part 1) and have them be able to have the Foreseeability to Obtain Victories (Part 2). I want to give all the glory and honor for this teaching and allowing Holy Spirit to guide me with this teaching. Have a great weekend and please attend Sunday School at your place of worship or please come to Rhema Word 2.0 at Valley Kingdom Ministries International. The teaching of Foreseeability to Obtain Victories (Part 2) will be on the blog that I write called Brand New Week, Brand New Attitude. God bless all.
Frederick Wesley is a technology teacher for Rhema Word 2.0 and has his own faith based blog called Brand New Week, Brand New Attitude. We ask that God pours back in what he has poured out with this teaching.
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