What's Going On?

Introduction

Renaldo Obie Benson: 4 Tops

I see something happening to people, and I don't understand it. Somebody help me understand what's happening.

Marvin Gaye

Vietnam, Police violence, Racial tension, Poverty, Young people dying, Families hurting, A country divided.

Psalm 10:1

Psalm 13:1-6

How to Trust in God's Goodness even when you don't know what's going on.

1. Remember what you still have

Jeremiah 45:4–5

Making it out with your life, is the first reward to never be taken granted.

2. Remember the Right Things

Lamentations 3:18–20

3. Recall the Greater Things

Lamentations 3:21–23

4. Remember to Serve through Uncertainty

1 Kings 17:7–16 KJV 1900

And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth. And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah.

Psalm 112:4–5

Psalm 112:9

Real Evangelism is not yelling at people telling them they are going to hell, rather it is serving them while they are in hell on earth.

Essentially Real Evangelism is Bringing Light to Darkness

Conclusion

Habakkuk 3:17–19

One More Song

Stevie Wonder's Higher Ground

Teachers keep on teaching” “Preachers keep on Preaching”

"Lovers keep on loving" “Believers keep on believing"

CAUSE IT WON'T BE TOO LONG

I'm so glad that He let me try it again. Because that last time I lived, I lived a whole world of sin

I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then Going to keep on trying Til I reach my highest ground

Don't you let nobody bring you down God is gonna show you highest ground

He's the only friend you'll have around ‘Cause the rest of the world will bring you down

So What's Going On is God wants to show people there is a Higher way, and He wants us in position to do that. 

But we can't and we won't if we are living spiritually low like everyone else. 

Confession

Father God, I thank You, that through Your Spirit, we know what's Going on. You are taking us to Higher Ground. Help us to get with You,  get others to You, and not get in Your way. In Jesus' name Amen.