Monkeys/ Buts/ and an Olive Tree…3 Keys That Encourage Me to Keep Moving Forward
1. Having the RIGHT PEOPLE in life Encourages ME!
2 Kings 5 : 3, 10 – 11.2. You Gotta overcome the “BUTS”The 2nd key to developing your life is to overcome the Buts.
Proverbs 10:9 ESV Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.
Proverbs 11:3 ESV The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
1.Right people
2.Right Character
3.Right Perspective
3 Truths about this Olive Branch
A. It needs both the Refreshing Winds of the West and the Harsh winds of the East.
B. Has to be softened, otherwise the bitter and tough fruit is of no value.
C. It Has to be pressed, the pressing brings the oil and the oil brings the light.
Listen to People who are pulling you up
Make sure you are growing and developing in your Character
Ask God to show you perspective.
Maybe you are in the East wind, but you need it. Maybe you are being softened, maybe you are being pressed.
Oil doesn’t come any other way…