30 Sep Trusting And Acknowledging God First
Pastor Vincent - 10 October 2013
Follow The Lord's Instruction Closely In Spiritual Battle
It is human nature to worry about tomorrow. What if I can't do this, what if things don't work well tomorrow.. what if we often let what has yet to happen to rob away our present happiness in Lord. Before Jericho, the Lord said to Joshua, " See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.." God is always there, He is always present in your sadness, your current helplessness, your current family problem, relationship problems and even your insufficiency. But we often forget, we are often being frightened by what have yet to comeÉ the what if's in your mind - Satan is always instilling the fear, the deceptions and confuse our spirits so that we cannot look at the truth of God and draw strength from it. Behind the problem we are seeing everyday is actually the deeper spiritual battles that we need to fight against Satan - who is attacking us in every possible way just to divert us away from God's truth so that we feel the gospel irrelevant. But God has a precise instruction to our problems now, so that we can stand against the devil's scheme. Be in sync with God, hear what the Lord says and follow it carefully. As we wait upon the Lord and see what He is doing right now in our lives, we will then not be distracted by Satan into following our own desires and emotions. The Lord is not slow in fulfilling His promise and He has time for everything, therefore, go into prayer and ask God to reveal the very next thing we can do while waiting for His timetable. As we develop the instinct to hear Him through prayers, our faithful God will not hide from you and when the perfect time comes, your Jericho will be conquered, as you become more intimate with God.
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Trusting And Acknowledging God First
1. Believers will be involved in WARFARE.
1) Within and without.
2) Sometimes not for ourselves, but our loved ones.
3) Impossible to win >>> fight by FAITH.
- Not a “waiting faith”.
- Abram gave God the full credit and trust, as if he could not achieve anything on his own; BUT he also did everything he could, as if all depended upon his faithfulness (to obey God).
4) Nothing is random; even problem is fulfilment of promise.
2. A critical test: WEALTH.
1) Abram passed because he received “financial healing”.
2) No financial healing, no financial blessing.
- “Greedy Lack”.
- “Relative Lack”.
- “Wasteful Lack”.
3) Tithing
- Declaration of faith.
- Dedication of self.
- Means to fulfill gospel work.
3. “Melchizedek”: KING-PRIEST.
- Prefigures CHRIST.
- Christ: The Superior Priest.
- Won’t die, forever can intercede for us.
- Once and for all, instead of repeated sacrifices.
- Guarantor of a better covenant.
- Comes to meet us too, with bread and wine: Nourish. Comfort. Bless.
Reflection:
- Do you see yourself as actively or involuntarily engaged in spiritual warfare? Are you having a “waiting faith”, or how have you been doing your part in fighting this battle?
- How much financial healing do you think you have received? Any struggles or testimonies in this area (finances and tithing)?
- In dealing with warfare and sin, how have you seen the help of the King-Priest Jesus in your life?
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