Chosen, Not Cheated - S1 Priscilla Shirer

Last weekend, I took the opportunity to go to another Priscilla Shirer Simulcast, and I'm sure happy I did! I've shared some points from these notes so many times this week, so I thought I might as well post 'em!

Session 1:

• Luke 4:27 "And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed--only Naaman the Syrian."
• 2 Kings 5:1 "Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man with his master, and highly respected, because by him the LORD had given victory to Aram. The man was also a valiant warrior, but he was a leper."
• Naaman was highly favored, but was a leper
• We tend to downplay that ailment/hinge that robs us of victory, freedom, etc. We mask it. Worse than being a leper is being a functioning leper- keeps me from my potential. There's no time or energy for Kingdom work when we're so focused on keeping whats in the "frame" perfect. 
• What's the leprosy I've grown to mask? (My answer- not living to my potential, placing a high value on temporal things. My ailment- settling)
• Israel, where God's people were, was the only place where leper colonies existed- God's people ostracized the lepers because they judge & pushed away the ailed people. Doesn't this sound like the "church" world today? Judging with smirks and comments- pushing people to a world outside of Jesus to find open arms. 
• There is a way to accept people without compromising the Word of God

• Mark 2:17 "On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
• 2 Kings 5: 2-6 "Now bands of raiders from Aram had gone out and had taken captive a young girl from Israel, and she served Naaman’s wife. She said to her mistress, “If only my master would see the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.”
  Naaman went to his master and told him what the girl from Israel had said. “By all means, go,” the king of Aram replied. “I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman left, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold and ten sets of clothing. The letter that he took to the king of Israel read: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman to you so that you may cure him of his leprosy.”
  • the girl taken captive was not tucked away in her fantasy life- but she was displaced to the perfect place-she showed the power of Jesus to Naaman through healing. She wasn't cheated out of a dream life, she was chosen for a more significant one. 
  • Feeling displaced? Get busy leading where you're placed. Get positioned for His purposes. And don't look forward to getting out of it because then, we lose power in it: steward. responsible. 
  • Stay where you are- you've been displaced to a perfect place.
   

Break time truths: Churches have GOT to start breaking huddle and get on the field & play!

Breathe out confusion, breathe in Truth...
In sickness, depression, all anxieties...They have no power over me.