Let Go Of What You Think You Need

Don’t let the enemy play you. Pastor Steven reveals that when you take a step of faith and make a sound of praise, God moves through you. #faith #peace #hope #stevenfurtick #elevationchurch Chapters: 0:00 – A Strange Piece Of Advice 2:52 – Let Go Of What You Think You Need 5:27 – What Is In Your Hands? 7:51 – Use What You Have 10:05 – The Step Of Faith & The Sound Of Praise 12:13 – God Will Take Care Of Your Enemy

sometimes

you can tell

how significant

your calling is

by how much the enemy

is intimidated by you and you can tell

how much he’s intimidated by you

by how much he’s talking to you

God said I’ve tried to talk to you

through an angel that didn’t work but

now

I want you to go listen to your enemy

and Gideon goes down

to The Outpost verse 11.

I almost missed it again this is the big

verse verse 11 and you shall hear what

they say

and afterwards

your hand will be strengthened to go

down against the camp did you catch that

God didn’t say your hand will be

strengthened when you hear what God says

about you because the Angel’s been

telling Gideon you’re a mighty warrior

the Angel’s been telling

Gideon

that God is with you the angel has been

saying God is going to deliver the

people through you

getting to believe any of it

he said so if you don’t believe in me

maybe you’ll believe

the enemy go down

and listen to the enemy for a minute and

after you hear what your enemy is saying

your hand will be strengthened to go

down against the camp and then he went

down with Pura his servant to The

Outpost of the Armen who were in the

camp and the midianites and the

amalekites

and all the people of the East lay along

the valley like Locust in abundance oh

there’s a lot of them

and they’re camels

were without number so there’s a lot of

them

as the sand is on the seashore in

abundance there’s a lot of them

everybody say there’s a lot of them

look there’s a lot of reasons to be

afraid there’s a lot of reasons to fear

if you start listing them you go crazy

but watch when Gideon came verse 13

Behold a man was telling a dream to his

comrade

and he said behold I dreamed a dream and

behold a cake of barley bread tumbled

into the camp of Midian

oh barley bread

not very threatening huh

and it came to the tent and struck it so

that it fell and turned upside down so

that the tent lay flat

and his comrade answered this is no

other than the sword of Gideon

the son of joash a man of Israel God has

given into his hand Midian

and all the can

you got Gideon’s hand which is trembling

he’s afraid

You’ve Got midian’s Hand which has him

trapped

and you got God’s hand which is

trustworthy and God says I am giving

them into your hand

I don’t know who this is for today but

God is saying I want you to let go

of what you think you need I want you to

let go of what you thought you were I

want you to let go of what you can’t get

over I want you to let go of it

I want you to go down toward the next

thing I’ve called you to do and watch

what Gideon Gideon gets encouraged he

hears out he’s like wait a minute

they’re talking about me

I’m the barley

yeah that’s not very impressive no no no

it’s not what the barley is it’s what

the barley does and he goes from

trembling

to tumbling

God said let’s go that’s the third one

let’s go

let’s go

let’s go

let’s go as soon as Gideon heard the

telling I’m in verse 15 as soon as

Gideon heard the telling of the dream

and its interpretation he worshiped ah

through both of his hands up and he

returned to the camp of Israel and said

arise for the Lord watched his past

tense has given the host of Midian into

your hand whose hand the hands of the

ones who took the trumpet the hands of

the ones who didn’t turn back the hands

of the ones who were still trembling my

hands trembling but I got a trumpet all

these trumpets are about to be

significant the trumpets that the rest

of the nation left when they left I got

a trumpet and I got a God I can trust

and watch this he divided the 300 men

into three companies and put trumpets

into the Trembling Hands of all of them

and empty jars with torches inside the

jars I got something in my hands I got

something in my hands I got something in

my heart I got a gift I got a skill I

got a weapon I got an instrument I got

an instrument God said I’m gonna put it

in your hands I’m gonna put something in

your hands in this season now watch it’s

not gonna make sense a trumpet versus an

army or even a torch against an army

doesn’t make sense but it doesn’t need

to make sense what it needs to do in

your hands is be surrendered and

submitted to God so you can go forward

in the strength that you have ah this is

annoying I can’t wait to preach this

Sunday he put a trumpet in their

Trembling Hands he put a torch in the

other hand he said I need you to have

something in your hands that you can use

now what has God put in your hands and

what have you put in his hands you could

put it in his hands The Battle Belongs

to the Lord you could put it in his

hands it is not by might it is not not

by power he is speaking today he is

strengthening today that’s why the enemy

has been fighting you he’s tried to keep

you in his grip but we came to break the

grip of the enemy just like Gideon did

God said I’m breaking the grip of the

enemy over your life today I’m breaking

the grip of addiction I’m breaking the

grip of depression it can’t hold you

anymore put it in his hands and when you

put it in his hands he puts it in your

hands I got my trumpet I got my torch

what’s the torch that’s the light of the

word that God has spoken what’s the

trumpet that’s the sound of your praise

that’s the sound of his word that you

speak out my God this will preach he

divided the 300 men who he had left into

three companies and put trumpets in the

hands of all of them not the 32 000 no

the 300 that will go forward God is

looking for 300 today who will say I’ll

take the trumpet and I will go toward

what God has called me to do and I will

take the torch and I will March toward

what God has called me to be and I’ll do

it shaking and I’ll do it unsure and

I’ll do it in faith and I’ll do it step

by step

and he gave him a trumpet

and an empty jar

so there’s something that goes into both

of those right

the breath goes in the trumpet

and inside the jar is going to go the

light to turn the empty jar into the

torch whoa

God’s gonna put something in you that’s

going to transform it

from a silly instrument

to an instrument

a victory

and he said to them verse 17.

look at me and do likewise

when I come to the outskirts of the camp

do as I do

when I blow the trumpet

when I take what’s in my hand

and breathe into it

I and all who are with me then blow the

trumpets also when I do it you do it

and on every side of the camp I want you

to blow those trumpets and I want you to

shout

for the Lord

and for Gideon

so Gideon and the hundred men who are

with him he takes a third

of a

of a

small army

third of 300.

that’s all you need you don’t need what

you think you need

you just need to give him the instrument

here’s what I want to do at this point

in the sermon

Gideon took the 300 came to the

outskirts getting the middle watch

when they had just seat set the watches

like two in the morning

and they blew the trumpets and smashed

the jars that were in their hands

they used what they had

and then the three companies blew the

trumpets and broke the jars

blow the trumpet

break the jar

they held in their left hands the

Torches and in their right hands the

trumpets to blow and they cried out a

sword

for the Lord

and for

Gideon

um

they held in their left hands the

Torches

and in their right hands the trumpet

what do you have in your hand right now

and whose hand are you in

why are you so stressed and scared

of an enemy that is so intimidated by

you

blow your trumpet

break your jar I want to use the jar of

the torch to represent the light

of what you know go in what you know

yeah but I don’t have that figured out

yet don’t need to go in what you know

what you know is enough for now and more

will be revealed later

break your jar

use your torch

and blow your trumpet

make a sound of God’s word make a sound

of praise I’m looking for 300 people

right now who will make a sound

look at this

they blew the trumpets and broke the

jars isn’t that beautiful first verse

20. you’ve got the instruments of

victory

you are the instrument of victory

you’re in God’s hand

held in their left hands the Torches

right hand to trumpet and they cried out

a sword for the Lord Gideon what I

couldn’t figure out is where was the

sword

come out of Sword all I got is a trumpet

and a torch you feel like that

I don’t have the weapons that I need

well I think that’s going to surprise

you where the sword was

verse 21 says every man stood in his

place around the camp and all the Army

ran they cried out and fled this is the

enemy army they start running Gideon got

this military genius and a supernatural

backing and those two together are very

powerful he’s like we’re going to

confuse the enemy we’re going to make

them think we’re bigger than we are and

I want you to blow your trumpet let

everything that has breath praise the

Lord and I want you to break your jar

I want you to begin to make the sound of

Victory I want you to begin to walk by

faith not by sight take a step of Faith

the sound of praise and the step of fail

step of faith I’m calling that the torch

and the sound

of Victory now if I get time I’ma come

back

and do more with this

imma talk about the torch step of Faith

the light

you know I’m talking about an empty jar

we have this treasure and Earthen

vessels but remember

when you give your instrument your mind

to the enemy he plays you

don’t let him play you

take your instrument

break your jar use your life step of

Faith torch the light that you have and

the sound

of praise

the trumpet

and when you do when you take a step of

Faith to make a sound of praise

when you move forward in that

look what God does

the Lord set verse 22 oh this anointed

when they blew the 300 Trumpets the Lord

set Every Man’s sword against this

comrade and against the Army and the

army

fled

the instrument

of victory that God used to kill the

enemy

was the one that the enemy was holding

Gideon didn’t stab him to death with the

trumpet

he didn’t beat him to death with a jar

broke the jurors start slaves in their

throats now

he blew the trumpet

the sound of praise

he broke the jar

break the jar take the step

blow the trumpet make the sound of

praise

and what will God do

God will take care of your enemy why

because

Gideon and the Israelites were in

midian’s hand

God’s hand is greater than all and

that’s where I want to end this sermon

give it to him

you are his instrument he has called you

for great things

he wants to use you

to speak and to be

and to change so many things I hope you

can feel that

I know you’ve been in a wine press but

you you have weapons you have

instruments you are an instrument

in God’s hand

and maybe Roger we sing do it again I

don’t know

something just to put our lives in God’s

hands

hands

whose hands are you in today you’re not

in midian’s hands

whose hands are you in

what’s in your hand

you got what it takes to win

but God has been putting you through a

season

where he didn’t want you to think it was

your hand

so he let some things leave be

open-handed about that let go

we didn’t just let go today

let go

go down to the camp

make a move toward the thing that God is

calling you to do

and then

let’s go

let’s go