Unmovable

1 Corinthians 15:58 "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord."

A steadfast an unmovable spirit is quite hard to create in the natural because in correct terminology a spirit is not tangible. As an analogy to help you understand a mountain would be considered steadfast an unmovable because it is tangible-physically seen, can be touched, and is incapable of being pushed over.

-You can inflict geographical changes quickly in a mountain by the use of explosives, but you cannot physically lift it up by your own strength or power.

-You can flatten a mountain by the usage of even more powerful forces, but you cannot push it forward or move it by your own strength.

-You can transform the appearance of a mountain instantly by those explosives or slowly by natural means such as erosion, but no matter what changes you will remember seeing it as a mountain.

Paul uses this passage (which embraces four themes) to encourage believers at Corinth and today that we should embrace these four things knowing that the promise of eternity is assured for the believer through the power of the resurrection.

These four things are:

-To be steadfast.

-To be Unmovable.

-Always abounding in the work of the Lord.

-The knowledge that your labors are not in vain.

(1) Supernatural strength gives you the ability to remain steadfast when everything within you says to give up.

We must be absolutely convinced that God will do what he says he will do. He will never leave us or forsake us, but he will stay by our side. When all the trials of life are over, we must believe that the rewards that await us are far greater than the trials we bore.

Ezekiel 18:31 "Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?"

Colossians 3:8-10 "But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him..."

(2) Unswerving character gives you the desire to become an unmovable object to the attacks and confrontations of the enemy.

We must anchor our souls in the Rock, Jesus Christ and never look back. This world has nothing to offer that can compare with the wondrous blessings of God.

Hebrews 6:18-20 The Message "We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. It's an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God where Jesus, running on ahead of us, has taken up his permanent post as high priest for us, in the order of Melchizedek."

(3) Evangelistic energy and empowered passion gives you the grace, mercy, and courage to keep on doing what's right even when the multitudes tell you to give up or give in.

2 Peter 1:8, 9 "For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins."

Let’s talk about that word abounding for a moment. It is the Greek word per-is-syoo’-o which come from the word per-is-sos’ which means:
1. over and above, more than is necessary,
2. exceeding abundantly, supremely
3. something further, much more than all,
4. superior, extraordinary, surpassing, uncommon

When we do the Lords work, which we all must do, Paul encourages us to go over and above, to do more than is necessary, to do much more then all. Just one glimpse of the glory of Heaven will make the trials and tests of this life fade into nothingness. Just one touch of the Master’s hand and it will be worth it all.

(4) Defying all odds against reaching the vision God has given you to reach.We must remember that this world is not our home and that this is only a temporary home at best. It will soon be destroyed by fire. The only thing that we stand upon is the Word of God.

Hebrews 3:13-14, "But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end…"

I said these words as a message of exhortation to each of you.

-Take hold of the Word of God, your sure guide.

-Hold on to Jesus, your sure foundation.

-Don’t allow the tests and trials of life to draw you off course.

-Don’t allow the deceitfulness of sin to make you doubt God’s power to deliver you and bring you through victoriously.

We are the heirs of salvation! We are heirs and joint heirs with Jesus Christ! If we will be steadfast and unmovable in our faith in Christ, the reward of Heaven awaits and it won’t be long until we see Jesus face to face.