GPS: God’s Positioning System

1 Samuel 9:19-20
LCIMI-Youth Power Feb. 27, 2024
Bo. 5 Alliance Church – Mar. 3, 2024

I'm gonna talk about system...

Everything is all about system.
Our sound has a system called sound system. The building is
made of system.
Your life has system.
Government has a system.

Your physical body is full of systems.

Skeletal system.
Cardiovascular system.
Nervous system.
Respiratory system

A lot of systems governs in your body.

Everything works with a system.

An electric fan itself has its system. Our worship has a system.

Everything is all about system.

Illus:
Analogy of lights and electric fan.
If it is set in by its system to number 3, then it will work directly to
number three. It won't work otherwise when you push other
system apart from it own system.

When click button number 3 but it works on number 1,

something's wrong with its system.
Emp:
We called ourselves Christians and we're supposed to function as
such. We called ourselves believers and we must function as
such. But if we function differently apart from the system we're
created, obviously, there is a problem in our system.

We called ourselves Christians, yes do praise and worship, prayer

and fasting, fellowship, attending ministries but oftentimes, our
lives have no impact!!!

Why?
Something's wrong with your system! May guba/sira ang system.

You know guys, it is the desire and intention of God to fix your life
in His divine system. (He is the restorer; He is a God of order and
he is more than willing to fix your messed up system).

This morning, if we have something to fix in our lives, what we

gonna fix today is no other than but our system!

Even if you have your worship, alive alive ka pa, dami mong
strategies, kahit ang taas pa ng anointing mo, if your system is
damaged, uuwi ka empty and frustrated.

We are here today not only for fellowship, not only na ma

overwhelm sang praise and worship, but we are here to be
transformed.

Sino sa inyo ang gusto nga indi sayangon ang oras nyo subong?
Uuwi kang transformed!
Uuwi kang naayos ang iyong system!
Illustration:
Driving Forces
 Many people are driven by
 Materialism
 Fear and worries
 Need of approval
 Guilt
 Etc…
We call all of these as PRESSURES
Peter and other disciples
The two disciples in the road of Emmaus.

After all the pressures....

Pressures reveal your system.

*What if pinapahinto ka na sa pag-aaral?
*What if tanggalin ka sa trabaho?
*What if binasted ka?
*What if there is so much breaking in you, in your family, ministry,
in your personal life?
*What if iniwan ka at sobrang sakit talaga?

Can you still say, “God I love you”

Can you still preach?
Can you still go to church and serve God?

You will know how strong your faith is until pressures

come.

You are here, and I don't know what you are going through. Or
maybe you are enjoying the goodness and faithfulness of God...
But Jesus said,
John 16:33 KJV
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might
have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of
good cheer; I have overcome the world.

So, we must understand system.

Romans 12:2
(Renewing mind)

Let’s read the scripture from 1Samuel 9:19-20 and

we're going to look a little bit more about God's
direction and how to know God's will for our life more
perfectly.

1 Samuel 9:19-20
Samuel answered Saul and said I am the seer go up before me to
the high place for you shall eat with me today and tomorrow I will
let you go and tell you what is in your heart (somebody say in
your heart, come on say louder say in your heart)

20 But as for your donkeys that were lost three days ago do not
be anxious for them because they've been found.

Background:
Saul comes from a rich family his father’s name is Kish and he's
in charge of donkeys in his family. The donkeys get lost and him
and his servants are going finding the donkeys. They couldn't
find the donkeys.
For a while and then, they went to a Prophet, good idea. They
went to a Prophet and then the Prophet comes to them and I want
you to see what he tells them.

He says, “tomorrow…
(somebody say tomorrow! )
So, not right now but tomorrow.

Bill Keane —
'Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is
a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.'
I'm going to tell you what’s on your heart.

So what do you think? What's on his heart?

What is in his mind was a donkeys because he
was searching for such.
He came to the Prophet because of donkeys but the Prophet said,
“tomorrow I’ll tell you what's on your heart. By the way about the
donkeys they've been found.

Now, look. What is in his mind was donkeys. The donkeys were
on his mind. But something else was on his heart.

What was on his heart that God told him about tomorrow?

The next day, Samuel and Saul got up and he tells the servants I
want you to go ahead and then Samuel anoints Saul with oil into
the kingdom and he tells him he is the King.
I want you to realize that it tells us that as a little boy Saul, he had
something in his heart. It was the kingdom. . . (This is crazy).
Ano tawag dito? PANGARAP!

Israel has had never had a King. So, imagine carrying something
that has never happened in your nation. I think, he was even
embarrassed to admit that he wanted to be a King. I think, he
battled with that and sometimes was confused. I think, it’s just a
pride speaking. It’s just I want to copy the other nations because
other nations have Kings.

This is just arrogant speaking, it was deeply buried in his heart

but what was on his mind are the lost donkeys; is the
responsibilities, is the problems, the bills to pay, the
employment, the problem with finances, the wife is screaming,
“what shall we eat then?”, the husband is demanding, the
children are crazy, this the boss is unfair, this is unfair!

The donkeys were on his mind he comes to God through a

prophet.
And God says, “I want to deal with you with what's on your heart
but let me first help you get through to your heart by dealing with
things that’s are on your mind.

The donkeys: Problems/pressure/challenge/responsibilities/your

resume!
Things that made detached from God's Positioning System!

Yes! pressures reveal your system

but when God fixes you today. Fix what? Fix your heart, there's
gonna be revelation form his word!

1. Revelation (word in your heart)

2. Restoration (donkeys found)
3. Acceleration (Turn into another man, anointed as king)

God will give you his peace!

Coming to the lord will remove the anxiety but

staying with the Lord will reveal his assignment.
I want you to see this:
Samuel looks at Saul and says that because you came here,
donkeys are found, if you stay overnight, I’ll tell you something
more about you that you don't even know.

He stayed overnight, they had a dinner. He didn’t tell him right

away. Samuel didn't spill the beans. Samuel didn't unlock all the
secrets right away. Samuel says, stay overnight.

Now if this would have been an average Christian,

I got what I came for, I got me donkeys, I’m gonna go
I'm gonna go meet those donkeys, I'm gonna go and tell my dad I
found the donkeys.

But Saul understood that yes I came here for donkeys but the
Prophet says there is something more in my life than donkeys.

And I'm gonna stay overnight. I’m gonna dine with the Prophet.
I'm gonna sleep in his house and I’m gonna see what else he has
for me, not if he has more donkeys for me but if he has something
completely different like my assignment, my purpose, why I’m
here on this earth.

Many people come to the Lord and they receive temporary

blessings. But when you stay with God
you will see your assignment unlocked.
If you come to the Lord, he'll deal with your insecurities. But if
you stay with God, he will position you for impact.

People who came to Jesus experienced miracles; those who

stayed with Jesus became an extension of his mission on earth.

Those that stay with Jesus became an extension

of his kingdom on earth.

They shook the world upside down: Apostle Peter, Apostle John,
they did not experience the resurrection of the dead. They did not
experience cleansing of leprosy. They did not experience
opening of the deaf ears and the mute tongue speaking. But they
stayed with the Lord overnight.

They had a dinner with the Prophet. If I could say they had a
dinner with the Lord, they stayed with him and guess what
happened. They became the extension of his mission on this
earth

Where is blind Bartimaeus in book of Acts?

Where is the woman with an issue of blood?

In the book of Acts, where is the Lazarus?

They experienced tremendous miracles. These miracles gave

preachers a bunch of material to preach for many many many
many many many many years but these miracles didn't extend
the mission of Jesus as those who stayed overnight with the
Lord.
Stay with God.
Maybe you're like I don't need to fast/pray. My life is good, your
life is good but God's work is not done yet through you.

God might have taken care of your donkeys but this year you
might need to pray not because you need to find donkeys but
because God wants to unlock your destiny. He wants to unlock
his assignment. He wants to fulfil his purpose through your life.

There is more to life than making money. There is more to life

than being healthy. There is more to life than reaching your
dreams. There is more to life than paying down your college
tuition. There is more to life than getting a husband that is more
to life than getting children there is more to
life than receiving your unifast. There is more to life than
establishing your business.

God wants to help you find your donkeys but God wants to get
through that to help you fulfil your destiny, of course your
prophetic destiny!

So, this is God’s GPS! God’s Positioning System.

Conclusion: Solomon
2 Chronicles 7:17-18
2 Chronicles 7:12 MSG -
As for you, if you live in my presence as your father David
lived, pure in heart and action, living the life I’ve set out for
you, attentively obedient to my guidance and judgments,
then I’ll back your kingly rule over Israel—make it a sure
thing on a sure foundation. The same covenant guarantee I
gave to David your father I’m giving to you, namely, ‘You can
count on always having a descendant on Israel’s throne.’
God introduces a system.

God is introducing a system

If you live in my presence.

1. Live in His Presence

If you want the back up of God, the favor of God, you need to live
in his presence. Be a lover of His presence!

We can't do the work of God without his presence. God's

presence can't only be in the church. Even in your sleep, in
shower, studies, His presence may abide in you. God's presence
is something that you live on.

2. Pure in heart and action.

The next thing is purity.
If you live in the presence of God, purity will follow. It's hard to be
pure if you aren't lover of God's presence.

Some of us suffer impurities. I am not talking about sexual thing.

In our thoughts, in our jobs, in our studies, there are many
impurities.

Purity is not a destination. But purity is the pursuit of God's

presence.

If you pursuit the presence of God, purity will follow.

There's no purity without the presence of God.

Psalms 24:3-5
[3]Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place?
[4]He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor
sworn deceitfully.
[5]He shall receive blessing from the Lord, And righteousness from the God of his
salvation.

3. Consecration
Live a life that I've set up for you.
That means, ginahimo mo kung ano lang ang ginapahimo sa imo
sang Ginoo.

"Bisan ibala ka pa sa kanyon kung dira ka ginbutang sang

Ginoo, you will become an immortal!"
(Ptr. Montano)
Meron ba tayong mga immortal dito?

4. Obedience
Attentively obedient.

Ex. Noah.
Because he was attentively obedient to the instructions of the
Lord... another generation rise!

If he missed of the measurements of the ark, it might sink in the

water.

Prophetic Gestures
2 Kings 6:6-7
Let's do the gesture.

Potential(You have great potential and greater possibilities)

Another you
1 Samuel 10:6
[6]Then the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you, and you will
prophesy with them and be turned into another man.

Exodus 19:10
[10]Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and
consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash
their clothes.

2 Kings 6:6-7
[6]So the man of God said, “Where did it fall?” And he
showed him the place. So he cut off a stick, and threw it in
there; and he made the iron float.
[7]Therefore he said, “Pick it up for yourself.” So he reached
out his hand and took it.

Ax's head is the symbol of the prophetic move of God. But the ax
had sunk into the water. That's why they say that prophetic is no
more because it already sunk the place called deep.

But, right now there is a supernatural release because prophetic

atmosphere is all supernatural. That's why I love prophetic. Go
with the religious... smells candles, dead etc...

In this context.
Vs. 1. there was a gathering of the prophets....(read)
(Kinds of prophetics)

Vs. 6. Where did it fall?

God is talking about/ referring to a location of your altar. Where is
your altar? the location is important.

He pointed his finger on the location where the ax fell. Then the
prophet threw a branch of a tree. And, miraculously, the axe
floated on the water.
God is called the prophetic. God is gonna restore in your life.

Vs. 7. Pick it up for yourself.

Today, I see a lot of things floating in the realm, like this.

Anything beyond your imagination is in the realm. And the Lord

said, pick it up for your self...

Pick it up!

Lahat kunin mo na....

It's available in the realm of glory....

Hindi nauubusan ang Diyos ...

Grab somebody and prophesy to him/her.