The Great Reset
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· 1 viewWe all need new beginnings and resets. Jesus sacrifice on the cross offers each of us the opportunity to reset and reconnect with God.
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“The Great Reset”
John 19:30
Happy New Year!
Thanks to Ed, Teresa, and of course Christopher for having us.
Background on Ed and Teresa Approx. 5-6 years
Intro myself and Kristi and our situation.
Transition to Trials, Hardships, and Tribulations…
Physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual…
The fact is we all have times in life that we need a RESET!
The idea of a reset exists in Scripture from the very beginning. In Genesis 1 we see the first 6 days of creation. In Genesis 2:1-3 we see that God looked at creation and on the 7th day, he took a break. He reset. He rested. Was He wore out from creating the Atlantic ocean or the Himalayans? Was the Grand Canyon too much for Him?
Of Course Not! He is Omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. He was and is more powerful than we can begin to imagine. He didn’t NEED to rest, BUT HE KNEW WE WOULD.
SO, in His great omniscience He demonstrated what we needed to do.
Throughout Scripture…Beginning to end We see people, the Nation, and the entirety of creation in need of a Reset.
Just the next chapter over in Gen 3 we see the Fall. We see a new reset, but not in a good way.
A few chapters later we read about the Flood…another Great reset.
In Chapters 11 and 12 we read how God reset Abram’s life to bring life to a Nation that God would use to bring salvation to the entire world.
Leviticus 25 The Year of Jubilee…and the list goes on!
Transition to the NT and we see “THE GREAT RESET!”
If you want you can turn with me to John 19. I am going to read 3 short words out of verse 30.
“IT IS FINISHED!!!”
The Greatest Reset in all of History. It is the reset that resets every other worthwhile reset.
I’m not going to belabor the point of the crucifixion, but it was that single event that RESET the universe. It is the event that opened up the opportunity for every man, woman, and child to have a restored relationship with Jesus!
When Jesus said “It Is Finished,” when the veil of the temple tore from top to bottom, when rocks spilt in half and Jesus breathed His last breath, THE COVENANT RESET! The covenant that depended on sacrifice and good works was over.
Now the covenant is based on faith. It is based on that renewed relationship with the Father through Jesus. It is based on the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
Even in saying all of that, even in the understanding that this isn’t a works based religion, we have to understand that we play a part in our spiritual health.
God isn’t going to make us pray.
He isn’t going to make us study and spend time in His Word.
He isn’t going to make us do the right things.
So, if he isn’t going to make us do it, we have to make ourselves…better yet, we get to a place where we fall in love with doing the right things and they just become a regular part of our lives.
As we enter into this new year we have lots of choices to make. Maybe you made the right choices years ago and have been living the right life for many years.
Maybe at some point you slipped up and have struggled to get it right.
THIS YEAR CAN BE YOUR NEW START!
THIS YEAR CAN BE YOUR GREAT RESET!!!
Back in the mid-90’s I did what A LOT of people did. I showed up to a place called Incredible Universe and bought my first computer.
As I do with most things, I dove in head first. I learned everything I could and even went as far as getting a job at a small computer store fixing computers.
One of the greatest diagnostic tools I had was a key combination that would fix a large percentage of problems.
Ctrl-Alt-Del
I. Control – Give it to God
a. The control key opens up a new way for the keys to act. Ctrl-P etc.
b. The first step to a reset is recognizing there are other options. We all know what happens when you hit the A key on a standard keyboard. In the same way we know what happens when we do certain things in life. We get used to it and we count on it.
c. Proverbs 3:5-7
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
7 Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
d. 2 Corinthians 5:7
7 for we walk by faith, not by sight.
e. Jesus Take the Wheel – Not just when we are in trouble! Let Him drive you before you hit the black ice.
f. A Great Reset requires that we give God Control over every area of our lives.
II. Alt – Let God direct you in His path
a. The Alt key shifts or modifies what the next key does. Example… Alt F4 closes a current window.
b. Unfortunately, most of us have been programmed by the world in most aspects of our lives. We “function” according to the rules of this world. WE LIVE AND OPERATE IN THE NATURAL. Our keyboard operates at face value. The Problem is that most Christians don’t understand how to “Modify” or use ALT commands for their lives. Just like MOST computer users don’t know a small percentage of the ALT functions on a windows system, most Christians don’t know or understand the promises of God.
c. The Promises of God SHOULD MODIFY the way that we live our lives…BUT WE HAVE TO KNOW THE PROMISES OF GOD!!! Putting a cute heart or a happy face in an email to a friend if okay, but standing on the Word of God and believing that He will open up the windows of Heaven and pour out a blessing you can’t contain….THAT’S A NEW LEVEL!
d. We have to know the modifiers! We have to know our part of seeing the promises fulfilled. We have to know that to see the windows of Heaven opened and blessings poured out means we have to be faithful in our tithe.
III. Delete – Ask God to Remove what doesn’t belong
a. The last “Key” to a reset is to remove the things that don’t belong. When I was in the computer industry we would have people hit control alt delete to restart their PC’s because they were locked up. The computer had entered a state where it no longer responded to the User’s (Master’s) commands. Ctrl-Alt-Delete RESETS the system. It dumps all the trash that had been stored in the memory. It allows the OS to get things the way they are supposed to be.
b. Acts 3:19
19 Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,
c. REAL QUESTION TIME… I don’t really want an answer, but I want you to take a minute to reflect on the question…
i. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE THINGS IN YOUR LIFE THAT DON’T BELONG?
ii. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE DOING THINGS THAT YOU KNOW DON’T HONOR GOD?
d. For us to have a truly great reset, we are going to have to pray and submit ourselves to the Holy Spirit and allow Him to remove what doesn’t belong.
IV. Reset – Rest in Him
a. Acts 3:19
19 Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,
b. Psalm 56:10
10 In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord, whose word I praise,
c. Psalm 103:12
12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
d. Mark 2:27
27 And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
So, where are you today? Are you in need of a reset? I would guess that after the way the last few years have been, we all need to be constantly resetting. We need to be hitting that Ctrl-Alt-Del on a regular basis.
We need to turn over CONTROL TO GOD
We need to MODIFY our actions to match our expectations of receiving His promises. We need to understand His promises.
We need to DELETE the things out of our lives that don’t honor God.
We need to REST in Him.