Keion Henderson - When Enough isn't Enough

What I want to talk about over the next 20 minutes, though, is when enough isn’t enough. You may be seen when enough isn’t enough. Chronologically, we have come to understand that Jesus was born of a virgin named Mary. Chronologically, we understand that after that, Jesus was circumcised on the eighth day. He disappears from our periphery and then we see him again at the age of twelve as an adjunct professor teaching doctors and lawyers. Chronologically, we observe that he disappears from our perspectives yet again, this time for another 18 years, before resurfacing on the scene at the age of 30. He has walked on water in his 30s, healed the sick, and raised the dead in his thirties. Ladies and gentlemen, as a millennial at the age of 33, our Jesus is dead. The truth is, in three years-three years-everything you read about in the Bible concerning Jesus took place. What are you doing with your life? When he walked on water, when he healed the sick, when he unstopped deaf ears, when he went to the mountain to pray-everything that you read in the entire Bible about Jesus Christ occurred in three years. See, if you utilized your time better, you could get so much more done. But Jesus had an advantage; he knew that he only had thirty-three years. He knew that he only had three years. He was telling them all along, " I must needs suffer the cross; I’m going to die.» He predicted it, telling his disciples, «It’s going to be over.» You and I don’t have such a luxury; no man knows the day nor the hour when he will take his last breath. So now you must live every day as if it is your last. The conversation between Jesus and this rich man is really more of a reflection of society today. When this year started off, everybody was excited about God. Everybody was excited about Jesus. It was 2019; you couldn’t get anyone 's church anywhere, and January isn 't over, yet the thrill is already gone. January isn’t over and everyone who came for their fix, who came out of their guilt from last year and thought they could manipulate God to hurry up and do something-the thrill is gone. The enthusiasm is waning, and I’ve come today to give you a shot of tranquility, almost a spiritual tranquilizer, to impede the digression-to give you advice so that you do not fall victim to buyer’s remorse and spiritual fatigue. If God doesn’t act like you want him to act in January, then you will go back to acting like you did in October of last year. If you just wait on the Lord, he will renew your strength. This fight that you’re in to reach the highest level of destiny takes more than a four-week adrenaline rush. This is not about adrenaline; this is not about hope; this is not about «maybe.» This is about holding up the blood-stained banner. This is about working the works of the one that sent you while it is day, for the night is coming. This is about letting God know that when I was a child, I spoke as a child; I understood as a child. In other words, before I was mature, yes, I would come every other Sunday. Before I was mature, I would come on Easter, Mother’s Day, and Christmas. But when I became a woman and a man, and I became mature, then it didn’t matter the holiday; I was just glad when they said unto me, «God help me in this place, let us go to the house of the Lord.» Can you prophesy to your neighbors? Say, «I’ll see you in March; I’ll see you in June,» because I speak divine energy into your mind. You 're not going to let the weapons of your warfare keep you down. You 're not going to let the devil keep you at home. You may have cancer, but keep worshiping until you get on the front row and say you’re healed. No weapon formed against you shall be able to prosper, and I want to add an addendum: that every lying tongue of the enemy that rises up against you shall be condemned. Devil, the blood is against you! I loved when I saw mothers bringing their daughters to the altar, and fathers praying for their sons, and wives hugging their husbands because the devil is finding out that when you push a Christian into a corner, we get unified, and we come out worshiping, and we come out praising, and we come out giving God glory. A promotion will take care of a home invasion; y’all are not here with me today. Satan, the blood is against you! The conversation between this young man-what we have come to know through linguistic study-is, according to the scripture, you’ve read this before, the rich young ruler. Now depending on who you talk to, that is semantics because he is between 24 and 40 years old. Okay, so he’s a young man, he’s of millennial age, which means that he has done well with his life because at 24 he has enough money that has gotten God’s attention. You have to understand God is rich; Jesus left heaven, he left gold streets, he left a gated community. The Bible says three gates in the east, three gates in the north. Then he leaves, he leaves angels and legions, and he is impressed by this young man’s wealth. He comes to the young man, but really the young man truly arrests Jesus' attention and says, «Good teacher, I want to inherit eternal life. Can you teach me?»