Keion Henderson - Find a Way Around It

I want to talk about this subject for the next few moments, and I want you to repeat it after me. Uh, wherever you’re watching this, I want you to say, «Find a way around it.» I don’t care what you’re dealing with; I don’t care what you’re facing. This message is designed to give you the tenacity, the energy, and the focus, and no matter what, in this next season of your life, no matter what you’re faced with, you’re going to find a way around it. One of the things that I love most about God, and it is absolutely one of the things I love most about Him, is that He has a habit of using one thing to solve multiple problems. This is what I know about God, in my own experience: He customarily uses one thing to do many things. If you don’t believe me, let’s check the record. He creates water; it rains from the sky, and the dew collects upon the branches of trees and upon the flowers and the ground. That water will feed the plants, and it will fill rivers, lagoons, streams, and lakes. The animals will feed on that water and drink it, quenching their thirst, and human beings will drink water. Look at all the answers that water provides. God gives us water, and the first thing it does is solve the problem of life. He then uses that same water, in the days of Noah, to destroy everything that the water nourished. Because one thing I know about God is that He always creates one thing and gives it multiple uses. He gives us the sun; that sun, as it beams down on the ground, hardens the clay. Consequently, that same sun softens the butter. God will create one thing and give that one thing multiple uses. He gives us praise; He says, «Let everything that has breath praise the Lord,» and He inhabits the praises of His people. So, look-God gives us praise and says, «If you praise me, I will find you,» because I inhabit, I search to live where people are praising. Then He takes that same praise and confuses the enemy. God is just amazing at how He takes one thing and gives it a multiplicity of purposes. I could go on and on throughout the Scripture, but what I’m trying to get you to see is that this story about the Red Sea has typically been spoken of-not always, but typically — as the conduit by which God delivered the children of Israel from Egypt, as they were progressively trying to encounter them and keep them from moving on. But I want you to see that even though this deliverance of God taking Israel through the Red Sea was a way of freeing them from the slavery they 'd endured for 400 years, if I am right in what I said, and if I’ve gained your attention and trust by now, then you believe that God will use one thing for a multiplicity of reasons. So then, we look at the Red Sea parting and recognize that it is not just a highway that the children of Israel go through on their way toward destiny; it is also the place where Pharaoh is destroyed for pursuing the children of God. I thought early on I would give you this idea. If you take notes, write this down: you have to be careful how you judge what God is doing in your life; it could have a dual purpose. You could be going through a storm right now, saying, «God, can you please let the wind be still?» But what if God is using that wind to propel you to your next destination? You could be experiencing illness right now, asking, «God, why am I sick?» and God could be saying, «Because I’m using you to show people that I am the Lord Thy God that healeth thee.» I want you to be careful how you judge what God is doing in your life because it is quite possible and plausible that God is using one thing to accomplish multiple things in your life. It may be the source of your pain right now, but if you wait on the Lord, it could be the source of your promotion in the next season. Who knew that when Jesus Christ was dying on the cross, He was raising the lives of those of us who were already dead? Look at God using a cross where He sacrifices His Son so He could save us. Look at God, who uses one thing and derives multiple usages from it. I don’t know what you’re going through; maybe it’s a financial issue, maybe it’s a problem with your children, maybe it’s an issue with an ex, or maybe it’s related to your job. Perhaps you’re facing a psychological issue, experiencing rejection, or dealing with insecurity. Maybe it involves a business issue or you’ve lost some employees or faced something negative in your life. You may be looking at it thinking that it is an attack from the enemy, but one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. What if what you are viewing as trash is actually God’s treasure placed in an earthen vessel? What if what God is doing in your life is for the betterment and survival of your destiny and future?