What does it take to OPEN THE EXTRAORDINARY?
#1) Break with the past
v3-4, "He did what was pleasing in the Lord's sight, just as his ancestor David had done. He removed the pagan shrines, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke up the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because the people of Israel had been offering sacrifices to it. The bronze serpent was called Nehushtan."
"But forget all that-it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland."
Isaiah 43:18-19
#2) Make a Hard Turn
v4, "He removed the pagan shrines, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke up the bronze serpent that Moses had made..."
Hebrews 9:27, "...each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment..."
#3) Take a Bold Stand
v7b, "He revolted against the king of Assyria and refused to pay him tribute."
"Pray as if everything depended upon God. Work as if everything depended on you."
Saint Augustine
