GOD HAS THE FINAL SAY Part 2

Written By Bailey Sutton

1. There Is Danger in Comparison

Numbers 16:1–11

  • Korah wasn’t without a calling—he became discontent with the calling God gave him.

  • Comparison can cause us to:

    • Devalue our assignment

    • Desire someone else’s position

    • Turn a good desire into selfish ambition

  • Philippians 2:3–4 — Esteem others and look beyond your own interests.

  • You can desire something good while pursuing it in an ungodly way.

Key takeaway: Don’t despise what God has assigned you because of what He has assigned someone else.

2. There Is Danger in Romanticizing the Past

Numbers 16:12–15

  • Disappointment caused Israel to look back at Egypt as though it were a place of blessing.

  • They began calling bondage “milk and honey.”

  • Discouragement can distort our perspective on what God has already delivered us from.

  • Complaining and murmuring can move our hearts from trust to bitterness.

Isaiah 5:20–21

Key takeaway: Don’t let disappointment make you nostalgic for what God delivered you from.

3. There Is Danger in Not Trusting God

Numbers 16:17–35

  • Different people had different frustrations, but underneath them was the same issue: they refused to trust God with His process.

  • The question becomes:
    Will I trust God when the promise seems delayed?

  • Joseph received a promise without a timeline and faithfully served through betrayal, slavery, accusation, and prison.

  • David was anointed king but refused to seize the throne before God gave him permission.

Key takeaway: God doesn’t need you to manufacture what He has promised.

4. You Can’t Afford to Bypass the Process

2 Timothy 1:12
Philippians 1:6
Isaiah 55:11

  • God uses the process to condition us to carry the weight of the calling.

  • Potential does not eliminate the need for preparation.

  • Calling doesn’t give us permission to bypass character.

  • Anointing doesn’t give us permission to bypass God’s order.

  • We may not have the calendar or the blueprint, but we can trust the One who does.

Key takeaway: Don’t rush the process God is using to prepare you for the promise.

5. The Antidote to Selfish Ambition Is Love

James 3:13–18
Galatians 5:22–26
1 Corinthians 13:4–8

  • God’s wisdom is pure, peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruit.

  • Love does not envy, boast, or seek its own.

  • The presence of selfish ambition, envy, and rivalry reveals something happening in our hearts.

  • His love keeps us from stepping into what grieves His heart.

Key takeaway: When we truly trust God, we don’t have to compete, manipulate, or promote ourselves.

The Question

Will I trust God in the waiting, in the process, when it doesn’t make sense, and when I feel discouraged?

  • Korah rebelled → God had the final say.

  • Joseph endured betrayal and injustice → God had the final say.

  • David was persecuted → God had the final say.

When God calls you, you don’t have to undermine others or force your own way forward. God has the final say.

Bailey Sutton

“Here’s the deal- I’m the best there is, plain and simple.” -Ricky Bobby

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