Replenishing My Soul Series: Pt. 1 Reassessing My Treasure
1 Corinthians 11:26-32 NIV – For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. 27 So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28 Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. 29 For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves. 30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. 31 But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment. 32 Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
Reassessment: A consideration of something again, In light of new factors, to reappraise
I. HOW DOES ONE APPROACH REASSESSMENT?
A. Search Yourself
B. Ask Someone You Trust
C. Seek God
Galatians 5:16-17 NIV – “16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.”
II. THREE COMMON DEFEATED MINDSETS
A. The Delusional
B. The Reactive
C. The Hypertensive
III. THE IMPORTANCE OF REASSESSMENT VS. 29-32
IV. HOW SHOULD I ASSESS MY LIFE?
A. Re-Examine Your Why
Colossians 3:23 NIV – “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,”
Philippians 3:13-14 NIV – “13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
B. Re-Establish Your Priorities
Luke 12:29-31 NIV – “29 And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. 30 For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31 But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.”
C. Re-Assess Your Commitments
Colossians 1:10 NIV – “so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,”
V. THREE SIGNS IT’S TIME TO CHANGE DIRECTION
A. Your Forcing and Nothing is Happening
Acts 9:3-6 KJV – And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
Isaiah 48:17 NIV – “This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.”
Isaiah 58:11 NIV – “The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.”
B. Things Are Falling Apart Around You
1 Corinthians 3:11-15 NIV – For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13 their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. 14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. 15 If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.
C. Continual Signs from God
James 1:5-6 NIV – “5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.”
VI. Conclusion
Romans 2:4 NKJV – Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
Repentance is “to change one’s mind”. When a person repents his or her actions change
Acts 3:19 “Repent, then, turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.
Revelation 11:1 NIV – “I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers.”
Lamentations 3:40 NKJV – “Let us search out and examine our ways, and turn back to the Lord;”