15 Dec Can Others See That God Is With You?
Preacher Huijun - 16 July 2015
God Is Worthy To Be Praised
How are you looking at yourself today? As a child of God, redeemed by God with a heavy price through the Holy Son Jesus Christ, do we still often look at ourselves through our naked eyes and feelings that fluctuate today? When Zechariah's heart started to grow cold towards the promise of God because of the many unfulfilled prayers, God was still faithful and preparing the greatest blessing for him that transcended all his physical conditions - a blessed son, John the baptist. Like Zechariah, we also often lose hope in God in various circumstances, for we are always deceived into seeing ourselves outside the covenant, and narrow-mindedly, when God is still working mightily at the background to carry His perfect will to completion through our conditions. Despite our narrow-mindedness, Holy spirits is still empowering us both strongly and passively so that we will not lose faith. If we start to pray according to the truth today, we will be guided by the Holy Spirit again to look at ourselves through the lens of God and His covenant, instead of our micro circles of thoughts, emotions and desires today. Indeed God is worthy to be praised, not only "did He rescue us from the hand of our enemies, He also enables us to serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.”
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Can Others See That God Is With You?
Verses to read:
<Gen 21:22-34>
1. Testimony of a non-believer: “God is with you in all that you are doing” <v22>
- God’s blessings on Abraham too obvious.
- Abimelek even confident of God’s future grace on Abraham.
- Willing to make treaty though deceived by Abraham before.
- A king actually pleaded with a foreigner in his own land!
- The praise we should aim for: “God is with you in everything you do.”
2. God fulfills His promises, perhaps slowly, but surely!
- Though not yet possess promised land, at least Abraham owned a well now >>> God’s promise is slowly actualizing
- God is paving the way for Israel to possess promised land, by making Abraham’s name great <cf. Gen 12:2-3>.
- In the process >>> difficulties >>> greater power of God
- God affirms His promise not only by His own word, but also by Abimelek’s testimony
- Our lives may also seem mundane, but God is working in the ordinary.
- We should keep up with our persistent worship of God too.
3. How did Abraham receive such great blessings?
- People cannot see evidences when:
- Didn’t believe God’s word
- Thus didn’t obey
- Of course, no evidences
- Worse, follow own flesh and heart bound by sin and devil
- Abraham was blessed, because God first chose him to bless him.
- But on his part, Abraham also submitted to God, thus could see evidences.
- “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” <Mt 5:8>.
4. How should we live with our neighbours?
- Live in favor of God and man, like Jesus <cf. Lk 2:52>
- Need strong relationship with God:
- Then can draw from His love and wisdom to love others
- Then our lives can exude joy and strength from God to attract others
- Our network of contacts and living fields very important.
- Value people around us.
- Live in harmony as far as possible.
- Witness for God.
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