This is “And Then Some.” What happens when you go beyond the normal? Beyond the ordinary? Beyond the average? In the story of Rebekah, we see the extraordinary outcome of a woman who did what was expected … and then some. God sees the extra effort. And it’s the extra effort that brings breakthrough. There’s no traffic jam on the extra mile!
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look with me in Genesis chapter 24
Genesis chapter 24 I want to talk to you
about a principle in life from God’s
Word that will guarantee success in your
life in your family and your
relationships and your business
it is a Bible principle found from
Genesis to Revelation and if you honor
it it will bring great reward to your
life in this story I want you to see
this principle I’m gonna give it to you
in just a moment it’s a great love story
Genesis 24 the hope is one of the
largest I think it’s the largest chapter
in the Old Testament and it’s a it’s a
love story a love story between a man
and and the love of his life he’s the
most eligible bachelor on the planet
his name is Isaac he’s the son of
Abraham Abraham made a covenant with God
and God blessed him exceedingly in
cattle silver gold riches and wealth
read it read it he’s mightily blessed of
God Abraham and beyond that spiritual
blessings that are remarkable and God
said your seed will be greater than the
than the sands of the seashore
so whoever marries your son and your
children are gonna produce a whole
nation out of this boy Isaac will come
twelve sons that will become the
children of Israel out of Jacobs will
become the children of Israel the whole
nation of Israel the Messiah will come
so watch this
Abraham’s the father he has a son named
Isaac back in Bible days they believed
in arranged marriages you didn’t go
online and find you somebody to marry
and I’m not kicking that if it floats
your boat then great make sure they’re
saved and not a weirdo but I’m just
telling you that back then they did
arranged marriages and so Abraham says
to his trusted servant Eliezer who by
the way is a beautiful type of the Holy
Spirit you only know what the Holy
Spirit’s doing he’s getting the bride
ready for the groom and the Holy ale
EA’s are in this story is given the
enormous
tasks by the father to go find my boy
his bride and he doesn’t know how to
find the bride I mean this is a huge
prophetic thing here and he’s got to
find out of all the women in the world
he’s got to find the one and he goes to
a heathen land of a foreign land and so
finally he gets there and he says this
is crazy
Ellie a Tsar I’m supposed to find some
girl I don’t know what she looks like I
don’t know how to do this so god I need
your help I put a fleece out before you
I’m gonna sit right here at the whale
because in Bible days women would gather
at the whale and and he said I’m gonna
sit right here with my ten camels and
here’s the fleece here’s how I know
which one is the pig for Isaac I’m going
to I’m gonna sit here and say nothing
and the girl who brings and comes and
offers me water is courteous enough kind
enough to offer me a stranger water and
here’s the kicker and and wonders the
camels also that’ll be the one that I’ll
know is worthy to be the wife of Isaac
the son of Abraham
so what’s he looking for he’s looking
for someone who who is going to offer
him water and his mangy stinky ugly
camels ten of them and they can they can
hold forty gallons of water each and all
of them on the dashboard has the red
light
dashing because they just come out of
the desert and they had nothing to drink
for five hundred miles their own empty
and here this girl is and in a in a
culture of the Middle East there’s
something known as the law of
hospitality which says this if a
stranger comes you are to offer them
it’s custom this is what ordinary people
do you offer them some water that’s the
normal but she does something strange
he’s sitting there she does not know
that he works for the richest man in the
world
she does not know that he is looking for
a bride for basically Prince Charming
this guy’s got it all I mean he he is
super wealthy he’s single come on girls
he’s good-looking he loves God he’s in
covenant with God he’s got a blessing a
favor on his life and he’s just looking
for a woman she doesn’t know who this
guy is and she walks up and says sir and
by the way the Bible said she was
beautiful Rachel was beautiful and she
walks up and she says sir can I offer
you water and he’s just sitting there
watching and then she says and by the
way while you sit there and refresh
yourself I’m gonna water all 10 of your
camels 40 gallons of water per camel 400
gallons they didn’t have a water hose
folks they had she had to take the
bucket she had to do it the
old-fashioned way she had I mean she’s
breaking fingernails she’s getting runs
in her pantyhose her hairdo is falling
apart her mascara is running by the
bottle 5th
can you imagine by the fifth a camel
that’s needing 40 gallons of water
she hurt her stuffs falling all the
pieces she says I mean she doesn’t look
so nice anymore but this is a lifestyle
this is who she is she’s not just do
what average people do she does what’s
expected here it is and then son that’s
what I’m talking about this is the
principle that will elevate your life
above average it’s when you begin to do
what is expected and then some it was
expected to give him water it was
totally unexpected for someone of
unusual character kindness and Christian
love to go far beyond and water every
camel until they wouldn’t drink anymore
that is someone who’s doing what is
expected and then some I mean she
voluntarily of her own free will without
without knowing that there was any
reward attached here’s the here’s the
weird thing
she didn’t know but the Bible said that
he had filled
saddlebags on those on those ugly ugly
camels were filled with saddle bags of
gold gold bracelets gold earrings
it said rubies and expensive jewels
there she is she could have said it’s
not in my resume get your own water I’ve
done what I was supposed to do I’ve done
what anybody else would do I’m average
and that’s all I do but she as a
lifestyle is doing this not knowing
anybody’s watching her and the criteria
that God is using to choose this girl is
not her hips in her lips is not her
hairdo it’s look at this girl she does
what is expected and then some and God
says I choose her to be the bride of
Isaac three words distinct distinguish
her from everybody else and then some
I’ll show you what God looks for not
just not just you know an attitude that
says that’s that’s not on my resume
that’s not on my job description that’s
not what I’m supposed to that’s not my
department
god that we work as under God and we
look God looks for people to elevate and
bless who do what’s expected in then son
he judged her by her work ethic he
judged her by her work standard and it
was a lousy job it’d be wonderful if she
was working in a palace and you know
with Chanel number five and everything
but it’s manure number six it’s nasty
it’s nasty
and she’s got a sorry job but she’s
given it everything she’s got and then
some and God says oh oh I won’t let you
stay in that level of what you’re doing
because when you touch this principle of
and then some it raised
you you will not stay hidden you will
not stay in the shadows she’s a nobody
she has no idea that a multi-multi is
watching her you don’t know who’s
watching you three words that
distinguish highly successful people
from average people is and then some
highly successful people do what is
expected and then some highly successful
marriages have spouses who do what is
expected and then some and the marriage
is blessed students that do well do what
is expected and then some athletes who
do amazing and make it to the top of
their world they do what is expected
everybody else does it but they always
every time do something that other
people won’t do it’s an and then some
factor Christians that are outstanding
are not Christians who say I’m gonna do
as little as I can to get by and make it
into heaven we need some and then some
Christians who don’t just come to church
and do what’s supposed to do and I’m
done but it’s when you move into the
area of sacrifice it’s when you move
what did the fire fall on what brought
the presence of God in the Bible it’s
when they sacrifice and there’s
something about doing what is expected
and then some that God really really
honors current workplace philosophy is
do the least expected and try to get the
most for it I’m gonna do minimum effort
and I won’t maximum reward
give me insurance give me this give me
that give me this give me that and I’m
gonna give you the least I can and hold
on to my job but that’s not what God
blesses god blesses people who do
something that Jesus called the extra
mile Jesus said if a man compels you to
go a mile and carry
bag for him you are to go the second
mile without him asking you become a
second mile person you become an N
Vincent I know you hired me to go one
mile but I go two miles because I’m an
and then some person Jesus said unless
your righteousness exceeds the
righteousness of the Pharisees you will
not enter the kingdom of heaven what was
the what what was their Pharisee
righteousness like they would do only
what was required
they were legalist they were caught
Watchers they were looking for pay day
and sundown and that’s it is that how
you go to your job
well they say sorry job I’m flipping
burgers I don’t like it I should be on
in the place I’m gone I’m gonna be this
huh you’re not gonna be nothing if you
don’t learn how to succeed where you are
and when you start giving what what is
required and then some and a lousy job
that was not a sweet beautiful wonderful
job those animals spittin owner those
animals lay that nasty smell of a mangy
camel but she’s given it everything
she’s got what’s happening in this
generation we need a generation of young
people who don’t sit back and say you
ought to give me this and give me that
and give me you need to get something in
you that says I’m not going to be
average in my generation I’m gonna be an
and then some person and I’m gonna do
everything that they expect and then
some come on how many of you want some
and then some children
this is going to shock some of you
you’re not gonna win anybody to Jesus
with Christian bumper stickers on your
car I know that’s a shock but I’ll tell
you what to win people to the Lord and
and give you a platform in their life
maybe the greatest tool of evangelism to
reach this culture of unchurched people
it’s when we do what is expected of us
in the workplace and then son on a
consistent basis as a lifestyle people
who just start seeing it and suddenly
they say wow after you’ve done what is
expected you do a little extra if that
happened if Christians started operating
the principle that I’m talking about you
would not be the tail at that job long
you would be the head it’s a matter of
time before someone and you’re not doing
it when the boss is watching she didn’t
know anybody this was who she was
talk about a witness Jesus is telling us
that quoting scriptures on the job and
testifying when you’re not giving
maximum effort is a waste of time people
don’t care about your testimony if they
see you’re a lazy butt
amazing thing is when you’re the top
producer in your field you can say
whatever you want nobody don’t want to
hear your secret if you just lost the
ballgame if you just if you just lost a
big contract nobody don’t want to hear
about your testimony but when you have
done something and you’ve worked and
you’ve gone the extra mile and you’ve
gone beyond what was expected and now
you’re reaping the benefits of that hard
work there’s something about that moment
that you can stand on that platform in
that moment and say well as I receive
this award first of all I want to give
glory and honor to Jesus Christ that’s
powerful
that’s powerful here it is now and I’m
almost done but hang in there extra
blessings come from extra efforts if you
don’t get nothing else onto this sermon
say that with me extra blessings come on
say it bold at every campus extra
blessings come from extra efforts think
about and then some effort in your
marriage if extra effort leads to extra
reward what would happen gentlemen if
you came home and I know it’s not your
job in your mind because you work all
day long and ba ba ba ba ba but what if
what if your wife came home and the
house was cooked was clean
si si did you hear that crickets
crickets
what if I know you and your your you
young couples y’all got your little
babies and stuff and here’s what I
learned from our five children that
extra effort brings extra reward if I
would just break away I’m busy I got all
these people and they got a lot of
issues and I have to pass through them
Cherise you don’t understand
but what I finally realized is if I’ll
give extra effort to help her with those
babies when there were babies what’s
that look like I’d go home sometimes and
I’d say you go get your fingers done you
need a break
you’re getting you about to kill us all
go go get out of the house she’s been
shut up in the house with five little
drunk midgets running around tearing
everything vomiting throwing up messing
in their pants she does this day after
day so what does the extra effort looks
like yeah I got a tremendous undies
always coming I’ve got to have I got
stuff all the time but when you go and
just say I got the kids I’ve got them
for three hours go do your thing extra
effort which explains why they kept
coming the children one after another
after another after another so bear that
in mind but I’m just telling you I’m
trying to help you a good marriage is
not 50/50 a good marriage is and then
some
I don’t live for self it’s not about I’m
not getting what I need out of this
marriage marriages don’t go into divorce
court because mates are doing extra for
each other marriages go into divorce
court
because people are sitting on their fat
rear ends whining about what they’re not
getting out of the relationship when you
ought to be giving and then some
if you want to be the head of your home
but there’s more to being the head of
your home than having a zipper on your
pants it Cole said you are mailed by
birth you are manned by choice and
manhood means I take responsibility for
my marriage my family my children my
resources that’s what a man does and
then some I thought this was cool the
Disneyland CEO Eisner said was once
asked because the grounds of Disney
World are so immaculately clean if
you’ve ever been there system I mean
just tens of thousands of people and you
never see trash you never see it
it’s just spotless and so he was asked
one time by a reporter how many do you
have in maintenance to keep his place
this pristine what’s the deal he said we
have 45,000 employed in maintenance and
the guy said I must have misunderstood
Jews you mean 4,500 he said no 45,000
every employee knows that if there’s
trash on the floor if you’re the first
to see it pick it up and that that that
is not in my job description and then
son there are there are so many galaxies
60 billion galaxies your God is an end
then some God we only need one for man
we’re the only thing living that we know
of but God says I’m an and then some
someone had another 60 billion because
that’s who I am I’m not enough I’m more
than enough I’m saying to you today that
here’s the point and I close with this
don’t shoot those camels ride them don’t
shoot that job what you don’t know is
that that ugly situation is the gateway
to
the greatest reward she will ever
receive in her life that look like much
that look like much tube but if you give
everything you’ve got and then some to
an ugly situation
it will not stay ugly it will actually
transport you from where you are and she
gets on those same camels that she’s
tanked up like riding the Escalade to
her little rich boy out in the field
little isaac little got bling bling all
over the bible said that that in those
side bags she had bracelets can you
imagine and in earrings that weighed a
half a talent my lord they these are
massive gold solid gold she has hit the
jackpot and then she’s got a
good-looking guy waiting in the field
and he sees her coming on the camels the
silhouette and he jumps off of his horse
and runs through the field this is in
Genesis 24 you should read the Bible
sometime and he’s running through the
field and he’s never seen her and she
jumps off the camel and she’s running in
her in her in her big ole earrings or
bling bling bling and her chains are and
it all happened
God chose her for this kind of life she
she becomes the multiplier of the
kingdom of God that ultimately produces
the Messiah
I mean her seed was more than the sands
of the seashore that’s a lot of stretch
marks oh that that’s a lot of babies and
it all started with I’ve got an ugly
ugly low-class low-paying
good-for-nothing job here but I’m gonna
give everything I’ve got to it and then
some and God says that’s gonna carry you
to the greatest rewards you could ever
imagine
because you weren’t doing it unto him as
you do it into the least of these you
have done it you work for me and I will
reward you
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